Cavalry Definition

kăvəl-rē
cavalries
noun
cavalries
Combat troops mounted originally on horses but now often riding in motorized armored vehicles.
Webster's New World
A highly mobile army unit using vehicular transport, such as light armor and helicopters.
American Heritage
Troops trained to fight on horseback.
American Heritage
(military) An individual unit of the cavalry arm of service.
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Singular:
cavalry
Plural:
cavalries

Origin of Cavalry

  • French cavalerie from Italian cavalleria from cavaliere cavalier from Old Italian cavalier

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French cavalerie, in turn from Italian cavalleria. Recorded in English from the 1540s.

    From Wiktionary

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