Military man
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A military man may be:
- A soldierSoldierA soldier is a member of the land component of national armed forces; whereas a soldier hired for service in a foreign army would be termed a mercenary...
; or - A number of stock characterStock characterA Stock character is a fictional character based on a common literary or social stereotype. Stock characters rely heavily on cultural types or names for their personality, manner of speech, and other characteristics. In their most general form, stock characters are related to literary archetypes,...
s, including:- The Miles GloriosusMiles GloriosusMiles Gloriosus is a stock character of a boastful soldier from the comic theatre of ancient Rome, and variations on this character have appeared in drama and fiction ever since. The character derives from the alazôn or "braggart" of the Greek Old Comedy...
(Latin: boastful soldier); or - Il CapitanoIl CapitanoIl Capitano is a masked character from the commedia dell'arte. He is often an outside who can maintain his claims only by benefit of the fact that none of the locals know him. He is usually a Spaniard given the fact that for most of the late Renaissance to well into 17th century, Italy was under...
, also known as "Captain Fracasse" or "The Spanish Captain", a commedia dell'arte figure. - Colonel BlimpColonel BlimpColonel Blimp is a British cartoon character.The cartoonist David Low first drew Colonel Blimp for Lord Beaverbrook's London Evening Standard in the 1930s: pompous, irascible, jingoistic and stereotypically British...
, a British variation on the miles gloriosus character.
- The Miles Gloriosus
- A song by Gary MooreGary MooreRobert William Gary Moore , better known simply as Gary Moore, was a Northern Irish musician from Belfast, best recognised as a blues rock guitarist and singer....
, off the Run for CoverRun for Cover (album)Run For Cover is an album by Gary Moore, released in 1985, and is often considered as Gary Moore's breakthrough album.The album includes a remake of the hit single "Empty Rooms" , one of Moore's biggest successes and top 5 single "Out in the Fields" the album's biggest selling single.The album...
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