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Webster 1913 Edition


Cavalry

Cav′al-ry

,
Noun.
[F.
cavalerie
, fr. It.
cavalleria
. See
Cavalier
, and cf.
chivalry
.]
(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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cavalry

CAVALRY

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

Definition 2024


cavalry

cavalry

English

Noun

cavalry (plural cavalries)

  1. (military, uncountable) The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.
  2. (military, countable) An individual unit of the cavalry arm of service.
  3. (military, countable) The branch of the military transported by fast light vehicles, also known as mechanized cavalry.

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References

  • Delamarre, X. & Lambert, P. -Y. (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise : Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental (2nd ed.). Paris: Errance. ISBN 978 2 87772 369 5, ISBN 2 87772 237 6

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