cavalry
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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