infantry
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fən noun, plural in·fan·tries.
1.
soldiers or military units that fight on foot, in modern times typically with rifles, machine guns, grenades, mortars, etc., as weapons.
2.
a branch of an army composed of such soldiers.
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| —n , pl -tries | |
| Inf, Abbreviation: inf | |
| a. soldiers or units of soldiers who fight on foot with small arms | |
| b. (as modifier): an infantry unit | |
| [C16: from Italian infanteria, from infante boy, foot soldier; see | |
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Word Origin & History
infantry
1579, from Fr. infantrie, from older It., Sp. infanteria "foot soldiers, force composed of those too inexperienced or low in rank for cavalry," from infante "foot soldier," originally "a youth," from L. infantem (see infant).
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Example sentences
They make good infantry soldiers and well-behaved prisoners.
He found it intrenched and occupied by cavalry and infantry.
The new enemy was agile and light, and outmatched the lumbering, heavily armored cavalry and infantry.
Few armies enjoy being sent to the streets to restore civil order, and the tanks were not accompanied by any infantry.
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