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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F.

cavalerie

, fr. It.

cavalleria

. See

, and cf.

(Mil.)

That part of military force which serves on horseback.

☞

Heavy cavalry

and

light cavalry

are so distinguished by the character of their armament, and by the size of the men and horses.

Noun.

A body of military troops on horses; a general term, including light-horse, dragoons, and other bodies of men, serving on horseback.