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Look up: infantry

  1. infantry
    [n] - an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Infantry
    In'fan·try noun [ French infanterie , Italian infanteria , from infante infant, child, boy servant, foot soldier, from Latin infans , - antis , child; foot soldiers being formerly the servants and followers of knights...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/52

  3. infantry
    foot noun an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot; `there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  4. Infantry
    • (n.) A body of soldiers serving on foot; foot soldiers, in distinction from cavalry. • (n.) A body of children.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  5. infantry
    troops who fight on foot, even though transported to the battlefield by horses, ships, aircraft, tanks and other motorized vehicles, skis, or other ... [9 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/i/21

  6. infantry
    infantry 1. The soldiers or a unit of soldiers who are trained to fight on foot. 2. Etymology: from Latin infans, “not speaking” then Italian infante, “youth, foot soldier” and via French infanterie, to English. First recorded by John Wycliffe in 1382, infant comes from the Latin infans, ...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  7. infantry
    infantry, body of soldiers who fight in an army on foot and are equipped with hand-carried weapons, in contradistinction originally to cavalry and other branches of an army. Infantry has often been divided into heavy infantry, which used to wear armor and now fights with tanks, and light infantry, w...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0

  8. Infantry
    `Infantrymen` are soldiers who are specifically trained for the role of fighting on foot to engage the enemy face to face and have historically borne the brunt of the casualties of combat in wars. As the oldest branch of combat arms, they are the backbone of armies. Infantry units have more physical...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infantry

  9. Infantry
    (video game) `Infantry Online` is an isometric perspective multiplayer combat video game--> with 2D computer graphics|sprite animation graphics, using complex soldier, ground vehicle and space-ship models on typically complex terrains.<ref name="infantry.station.sony.com">date=Se...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infantry



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