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infantryman Definition

in·fantry·man (-mən)

noun

pl. -·men-mən a soldier in the infantry

infantryman Usage Examples

Possessives

life: They speak of immutability, permanence and continuity of belief; everything that the infantryman's life was not.

Converse of object

  • become: David, to his slight surprise, had become an infantryman.
  • mount: A mounted Infantryman of the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War.
  • say: He said only 600 infantrymen and a battery of guns, with some helicopters, had been pledged to the region.
  • make: They were important extra rifles, but being capable of firing a rifle does not make an infantryman.

Adjective modifier

  • German: Whilst sheltering in the first house, the General shot a German infantryman through the ground floor window.
  • British: The basic British infantryman, like his French and German contemporaries, was issued with his uniform, webbing and a rifle with bayonet.
  • American: Utah Beach Utah saw the first beach landings of D-Day, by American infantrymen.
  • Australian: At one point observed an Australian infantryman " The whole division turned at an angle almost 45 degrees to us.
  • heavy: Eg, the land could not sustain the hoplites ( heavy infantrymen ) of ancient Greece.
  • French: The French infantryman was issued with either the Lebel or the Berthier rifle.

Preposition: on

road: He was an infantryman on the road to Basra, where heavy Allied bombing killed hundreds of retreating Iraqi soldiers.

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