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cavalry

[kav-uhl-ree] Example Sentences Origin

cav·al·ry

[kav-uhl-ree]
noun, plural cav·al·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 variant of cavallery < Italian cavalleria, derivative of cavaliere cavalier

Calvary, cavalry.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Example Sentences
  • Other entertainments will include live music, wagon rides and cavalry maneuvers.
  • At an early hour this morning the cavalry corps again moved forward.
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cavalry (ˈkævəlrɪ)
 
n , pl -ries
1.  (esp formerly) the part of an army composed of mounted troops
2.  the armoured element of a modern army
3.  (as modifier): a cavalry unit; a cavalry charge
 
[C16: from French cavallerie, from Italian cavalleria, from cavaliere horseman; see cavalier]
 
'cavalryman
 
n

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cavalry
1546, from M.Fr. cavalerie, from It. cavalleria "mounted militia," from cavaliere (see cavalier).
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