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Unknown Soldier

noun

Definition of UNKNOWN SOLDIER

:  an unidentified soldier whose body is selected to receive national honors as a representative of all of the same nation who died in a war and especially in one of the world wars
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First Known Use of UNKNOWN SOLDIER

1923

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