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light-armed
[ lahyt-ahrmd ]
adjective
- carrying light weapons:
light-armed troops.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of light-armed1
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Example Sentences
The kern or cateran of the Highlands was a light-armed infantryman, as opposed to the heavy-armed "gallowglass."
And this done, they flanked them on either side by troops of light-armed infantry, and crossbowmen, and unmounted lancers.
The Gaelic and Irish light-armed soldiers, the heavy-armed being known as gallowglasses.
Against such doughty foemen stouter defences were needed than against the light-armed, leather-and-mail-clad chivalry of Islam.
Through the rash descent of the light-armed on the right, the whole English army lost its vantage-ground.
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