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Chocolate Soldier is an expression referring to a good-looking but useless warrior, popularised by George Bernard Shaw's 1894 play ''Arms and the Man''. The term originates as a derogatory label for a soldier who would not fight but would look good in a uniform, shortened from 'Chocolate Cream Soldier'. It appears in that form in the 1897 book ''Soldier of Fortune'' by Richard Harding Davis. It can refer to: * ''The Chocolate Soldier'', a 1908 operetta by Oscar Straus, based on the play ''Arms and the Man''. * ''The Chocolate Soldier'', a missionary recruitment pamphlet written by CT Charles Studd in 1912 (). * ''The Chocolate Soldier'', a 1941 film version of the operetta, starring Nelson Eddy * A cocktail, whose name is indirectly derived from the above - see List of cocktails * Chocolate Soldier (drink), a chocolate-flavored soft drink originally made by Monarch Beverage Company of Atlanta in the 1960s * A member of the Australian Army Reserve past or present; called 'Choco' for short. Usually a derogatory term. Also used derisively to refer to 'soft' soldiers in the Israeli Army.() * Chocolate Soldier (Parliament), a Parliamentary assistant for an Opposition front-bench spokesman in the British House of Commons in the early 1970s, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust * a member of the army of Chocolate Soldiers in ''The Wonder City of Oz'' (1940) *''Hot Chocolate Soldiers'' a 1934 Walt Disney cartoon *One of the common names of Kalanchoe tomentosa, a succulent plant *A butterfly ''Junonia iphita'', also called Chocolate Pansy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chocolate Soldier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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