cavalry
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- cavalery (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French cavalerie, in turn from Italian cavalleria. Recorded in English from the 1540s. Doublet of chivalry.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cavalry (countable and uncountable, plural cavalries)
- (military, historical, uncountable) The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.
- (military, countable) An individual unit of the cavalry arm of service.
- (military, countable) The branch of the military transported by fast light vehicles, also known as mechanized cavalry.
- (figurative) Source of rescue, especially in an emergency.
- call in the cavalry
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
military service that fights with riding horses
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an individual unit of cavalry
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mechanized cavalry — see mechanized cavalry
References[edit]
- Delamarre, X. & Lambert, P. -Y. (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise : Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental (2nd ed.). Paris: Errance. →ISBN, →ISBN
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