Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Soldurii

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

SOLDU'RII (εὐχωλιμαῖοι). Properly a Gallic word, employed by the ancient Gauls (Caes. B. G. iii. 22.) in a sense somewhat similar to our vassals or retainers, thereby intending to designate a body of men attached to some chieftain, whom they served with the utmost fidelity and devotion.