cavalry
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cavalry/ˈkavlri/
▶noun (pl. cavalries) [usu. treated as pl.] historical soldiers who fought on horseback.
■ modern soldiers who fight in armoured vehicles.
– derivatives
cavalryman noun (pl. cavalrymen).
cavalryman noun (pl. cavalrymen).
– origin C16: from Fr. cavallerie, from Ital. cavalleria, from cavallo ‘horse’, from L. caballus.
'cavalry' also found in these Oxford entries:
caltrop
- carabineer
- carbine
- cavalry twill
- cornet
- cuirassier
- dragoon
- equites
- guidon
- horse
- Horse Guards
- Household Cavalry
- hussar
- lancer
- Life Guards
- sabre
- sabretache
- spahi
- squadron
- troop
- trooper
- trumpet major
- yeomanry
