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cav·al·ry    Audio Help   [kav-uhl-ree] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -ries.
1.Military.
a.the part of a military force composed of troops that serve on horseback.
b.mounted soldiers collectively.
c.the motorized, armored units of a military force organized for maximum mobility.
2.horsemen, horses, etc., collectively.

[Origin: 1585–95; syncopated var. of cavallery < It cavalleria, deriv. of cavaliere cavalier]
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cav·al·ry    Audio Help   (kāv'əl-rē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. cav·al·ries
  1. A highly mobile army unit using vehicular transport, such as light armor and helicopters.
  2. Troops trained to fight on horseback.


[French cavalerie, from Italian cavalleria, from cavaliere, cavalier, from Old Italian; see cavalier.]

cav'al·ry·man n.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
cavalry 
1546, from M.Fr. cavalerie, from It. cavalleria "mounted militia," from cavaliere (see cavalier).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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cavalry

noun
1. troops trained to fight on horseback; "500 horse led the attack" 
2. a highly mobile army unit 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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cavalry [ˈkӕvəlri] noun or noun plural
(the part of an army consisting of) horse-soldiers
Example: The cavalry were/was ordered to advance.
Arabic: فُرْسان، حَيّالَه
Chinese (Simplified): 骑兵
Chinese (Traditional): 騎兵
Czech: kavalérie, jezdectvo
Danish: rytteri; kavaleri
Dutch: cavalerie
Estonian: ratsavägi
Finnish: ratsuväki
French: cavalerie
German: die Kavallerie
Greek: ιππικό
Hungarian: lovasság
Icelandic: riddaralið
Indonesian: kavaleri
Italian: cavalleria
Japanese: 騎兵隊
Latvian: kavalērija
Lithuanian: kavalerija
Norwegian: kavaleri
Polish: kawaleria, konnica
Portuguese (Brazil): cavalaria
Portuguese (Portugal): cavalaria
Romanian: cava­lerie
Russian: кавалерия
Slovak: kavaléria
Slovenian: konjenica
Spanish: caballería
Swedish: kavalleri
Turkish: süvari(sınıfı)
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Cavalry

Cav"al*cade`\, n. [F. cavalcade, fr. It. cavalcata, fr. cavalcare to go on horseback, fr. LL. caballicare, fr. L. caballus an inferior horse, Gr. ?. Cf. Cavalier, Cavalry.] A procession of persons on horseback; a formal, pompous march of horsemen by way of parade.

He brought back war-worn cavalcade to the city. --Prescott.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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