Found 2 items, similar to Infantry.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: infantry
infantry
n : an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot;
“there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed
foot” [syn:
foot]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Infantry
Infantry
\In"fan*try\, n. [F. infanterie, It. infanteria, fr.
infante infant, child, boy servant, foot soldier, fr. L.
infans, -antis, child; foot soldiers being formerly the
servants and followers of knights. See
Infant.]
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1. A body of children. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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2. (Mil.) A body of soldiers serving on foot; foot soldiers,
in distinction from
cavalry.
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