Usually means: British slang for common soldier.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. Tommy Atkins, Tommy Atkins: Merriam-Webster
  2. Tommy Atkins: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Tommy Atkins: Wordnik
  4. Tommy Atkins: Wiktionary
  5. Tommy Atkins: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Tommy Atkins, tommy atkins: Dictionary.com
  7. Tommy Atkins (director), Tommy Atkins (mango), Tommy Atkins: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Tommy Atkins: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  9. tommy atkins: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Tommy Atkins: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Atkins, Tommy: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. tommy atkins: A Word A Day
  2. Tommy Atkins: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Tommy Atkins: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Tommy Atkins)

▸ noun:  Generic term for any British soldier.

Similar:
Tommy, tommy gunner, Tommy K, jacktar, Brit, bootie, Old Bill, brown job, sweat, Jack Tar, more...

Opposite:
unknown, unfamiliar, obscure

Types:
private, corporal, sergeant, lieutenant, captain, major, colonel, general, more...

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Similar:
Tommy, tommy gunner, Tommy K, jacktar, Brit, bootie, Old Bill, brown job, sweat, Jack Tar, more...

Opposite:
unknown, unfamiliar, obscure

Types:
private, corporal, sergeant, lieutenant, captain, major, colonel, general, more...



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