Infantry

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]