Hypertext Webster Gateway: "infantry"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Infantry \In"fan*try\, n. [F. infanterie, It. infanteria, fr.
infante infant, child, boy servant, foot soldier, fr. L.
infans, -antis, child; foot soldiers being formerly the
servants and followers of knights. See {Infant}.]
1. A body of children. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
2. (Mil.) A body of soldiers serving on foot; foot soldiers,
in distinction from cavalry.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
infantry
n : an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot;
"there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed
foot" [syn: {foot}]
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