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1. (n.) infantry
soldiers or military units that fight on foot.
2. infantry
a branch of an army composed of such soldiers.
Etymology: (1570–80; < MF < It (in)fanteria, der. of (in)fant(e) boy, foot-soldier)
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| Definition of 'infantry' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) infantry, foot
an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
"there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot"
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1. (noun) infantry
soldiers on foot
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| Definition of 'infantry' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) infantry
a body of children
2. (noun) infantry
a body of soldiers serving on foot; foot soldiers, in distinction from cavalry
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Sense: (the part of an army consisting of) foot-soldiers
The infantry was/were sent on ahead, with the artillery following in the rear.
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 Afrikaans: infanterie |
 Arabic: مُشاه |
 Bulgarian: пехора |
 Brazilian: infantaria |
 Czech: pěchota |
 German: die Infanterie |
 Danish: infanteri; fodfolk |
 Greek: πεζικό |
 Spanish: infantería |
 Estonian: jalavägi |
 Farsi: پیاده نظام |
 Finnish: jalkaväki |
 French: infanterie |
 Hebrew: חֵיל-רַגלִים |
 Hindi: पैदल सेना |
 Croatian: pješadija |
 Hungarian: gyalogság |
 Indonesian: infanteri |
 Icelandic: fótgöngulið |
 Italian: fanteria |
 Japanese: 歩兵 |
 Korean: 보병 |
 Lithuanian: pėstininkai |
 Latvian: kājnieki |
 Malay: infantri |
 Dutch: infanterie |
 Norwegian: infanteri |
 Polish: piechota |
 Persian: پیاده نظام |
 Pashto: پياده نظام |
 Portuguese: infantaria |
 Romanian: infanterie |
 Russian: пехота |
 Slovak: pechota |
 Slovenian: pehota |
 Serbian: pešadija |
 Swedish: infanteri |
 Thai: ทหารราบ |
 Turkish: piyade (birliği) |
 Taiwanese: 步兵 |
 Ukrainian: піхота, інфантерія |
 Urdu: پیادہ فوج |
 Vietnamese: bộ binh |
 Chinese: 步兵 |
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