Cavalry
11cavalry — cav|al|ry [ kævəlri ] noun uncount in the past, the part of an army consisting of soldiers who rode horses a. used in the names of some groups in modern armies: the Queen s Household Cavalry the cavalry HUMOROUS people who come and solve all your …
12Cavalry — A mounted man, a chevalier , a horseman. The chevalier is the root of the word chivalry . During the Middle Ages it was a commonly belief military theorem that no force on the battlefield could stand up to a charge by heavy cavalry. This belief… …
13cavalry — /ˈkævəlri / (say kavuhlree) noun (plural cavalries) 1. Military a unit, or units collectively, of an army, which in the past were mounted on horseback, and are now equipped with armoured vehicles in either an armoured or a reconnaissance role.… …
14cavalry — noun (plural ries) Etymology: Italian cavalleria cavalry, chivalry, from cavaliere Date: 1546 1. a. an army component mounted on horseback b. an army component moving in motor vehicles or helicopters and assigned to combat missions that require… …
15cavalry — UK [ˈkævəlrɪ] / US noun [uncountable] a) in the past, the part of an army consisting of soldiers who rode horses b) used in the names of some groups in modern armies the Queen s Household Cavalry • the cavalry …
16cavalry — Pū ali kaua lio, pū ali kau lio, pū ali koa lio, kaua lio, koa kau lio. ♦ Cavalry soldier, koa kaua lio. ♦ Cavalry war, kaua lio …
17cavalry — noun a) The military arm of service that fights while riding horses. b) Branch of military transported by fast light vehicles, the mechanized cavalry …
18cavalry — noun Cavalry is used before these nouns: ↑charge, ↑horse …
19cavalry — cav|al|ry [ˈkævəlri] n [plural,U] [Date: 1500 1600; : Italian; Origin: cavalleria, from cavaliere; CAVALIER] 1.) the part of an army that fights on horses, especially in the past ▪ The Black Prince led a cavalry charge against them. 2.) the part… …
20cavalry — plural noun he rode with the cavalry during the Mexican War Syn: mounted troops, cavalrymen, troopers, horse; historical dragoons, lancers, hussars …
