Tommy

Noun

 * 1) Colloquial name for a British soldier during the world wars.
 * 1929: And every night now he played pontoon, that game of the Tommies, with Mrs Bolton, gambling with sixpences. — D. H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover, 1929, Chapter 15

Synonyms

 * Tommy Atkins

Thesaurus
Anzac, Aussie, Boche, Fritz, GI, Heinie, Hun, Jerry, Johnny, Kraut, Yank, askari, digger, doughboy, jock, poilu, redcoat, sepoy, swaddy

Etymology
From Tommy:.

Etymology
From Tommy:. First recorded as a given name in Norway around 1870.

Etymology
From Tommy:. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1886.