Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun cavalrymen (-men). A soldier trained to fight on horseback; a member of a cavalry regiment.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One of a body of cavalry.
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- noun A
soldier in thecavalry .
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- noun a soldier in a motorized army unit
- noun a soldier mounted on horseback
Etymologies
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Examples
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The cavalryman was a foot shorter than Sharpe, but he seemed to compensate for his lack of height with a look of Cromwellian fervour and rectitude.
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We ought to be much better cavalrymen than infantrymen, because the essential in a cavalryman is a fearless impetuosity.
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Edward, my young English cavalryman, was … She trailed off, affected as ever by her heartrending memories of him.
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Because a fallen masculine was a Confederate soldier, a Confederates reason their glow as good as after cheered a Union cavalryman for his kindness.
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I was running for the cavalryman, yelling a warning seconds before he was shot.
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The Theban hoplites drilled endlessly and, whether common soldier or wealthy cavalryman, were ruled by iron discipline.
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The cavalryman John Buford is one of the genuine heroes of the Union victory at Gettysburg.
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Because a fallen masculine was a Confederate soldier, a Confederates reason their glow as good as after cheered a Union cavalryman for his kindness.
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Ever the cavalryman, Patton believed in the devil taking the hindmost and showed scant regard for protection of his advancing flanks.
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One of their number, an old Macedonian cavalryman named Callines, came forward to speak for the men.
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