The Collaborative International Dictionary
Soger
Soger \So"ger\ (s[=o]"j[~e]r), n. & v. i.
Var. of Soldier. [Dial. or Slang]
--R. H. Dana, Jr.
Wiktionary
soger
n. (context dated English) A poor or lazy hand on a sailing vessel.
Usage examples of "soger".
Our next step was to finish cleaning the guns, which occupied two afternoons, for several of the old sogers were in a very congested state indeed.
I shall run out pretty nigh to New Caledony, to see the French sogers a--drilling.