cavalry

/ˈkæv.əl.ri/

Definition

› the group of soldiers in an army who fight in tanks, or (especially in the past) on horses → Compare infantryParts of armies and groups of servicemen cavalryman

/-mən/ /-mæn/ noun [C] (plural -men

/-mən/ /-men/

)Soldiers in the past

(Definition of cavalry noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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