Wiktionary
n. A figurine created to resemble a miniature of a person outfitted for military combat.
WordNet
n. a doll that resembles a soldier
Wikipedia
A toy soldier is a miniature figurine that represents a soldier.
Toy soldier(s) may also refer to:
A toy soldier is a miniature figurine that represents a soldier. The term applies to depictions of uniformed military personnel from all eras, and includes knights, cowboys, pirates, samurais and other subjects that involve combat-related themes. Toy soldiers vary from simple playthings to highly realistic and detailed models. The latter are of more recent development and are sometimes called model figures to distinguish them from traditional toy soldiers. Larger scale toys such as dolls and action figures may come in military uniforms, but they are not generally considered toy soldiers.
Toy soldiers are made from all types of material, but the most common mass-produced varieties are metal and plastic. There are many different kinds of toy soldiers, including tin soldiers or flats, hollow cast metal figures, composition figures, and plastic army men. Metal toy soldiers were traditionally sold in sets; plastic figures were sold in toy shops individually in Britain and Europe and in large boxed sets in the U.S. Modern, collectable figures are often sold individually.
Usage examples of "toy soldier".
It was a tarnished tin key, and once it had gone into the back of a mechanical toy soldier.
Sloat had seen the toy soldier in the window of a junkshop in the odd little town of Point Venuti, California —.
Sloat had seen the toy soldier in the window of a junkshop in the odd little town of Point Venuti, California - a town in which he had great interest.
He pointed to the bear and the toy soldier, who had sullenly withdrawn into a corner of the room.
The toy soldier shoved past the bear, then stood rooted in place, eyes and nose following the Pris-thing's trajectory as it slammed into the angle of two walls.
It was a strange but demonstrable fact that the sacks of toys carried by the Hogfather, no matter what they really contained, always appeared to have sticking out of the top a teddy bear, a toy soldier in the kind of colourful uniform that would stand out in a disco, a drum and a red-and-white candy cane.
It took all my self-control to keep the impassive face suitable for an honor guard, whose perfect model is a child's carved toy soldier, neither hearing nor seeing.
A toy soldier, standing guard in its nest formed by the blanket tossed aside in the night, basked in the new day's warmth.
He looked for all the world like a toy soldier, and then I noticed a strange thing.