soldiery

From soldier +‎ -y.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊldʒəɹi/

soldiery (plural soldieries)

1. Soldiers considered as a group.
   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 790:

     Now they could see the point of having a uniformed driver to conduct them, for he would bear the brunt of such encounters with the soldiery.

2. The profession or skill of being a soldier.

• (soldiers considered as a group): military personnel, troops

• footsoldiery