infantry
Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne).
Noun 4 meanings
Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne).
The part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers, especially opposed to mounted and technical troops.
A regiment of infantry.
Infants; children.
Etymology
From Middle French infanterie, from older Italian, possibly from Spanish infantería (“foot soldiers, force composed of those too inexperienced or low in rank for cavalry”), from infante (“foot soldier”), originally "a youth", either way from Latin īnfāns (“child”); see there for more.
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INFANTRY at a glance
INFANTRY has 8 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (I 1 + N 1 + F 4 + A 1 + N 1 + T 1 + R 1 + Y 4) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,453 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with infantry
All rhymes- COUNTRY12
- INDUSTRY12
- ENTRY8
- MINISTRY13
- POETRY11
- CHEMISTRY19
- GEOMETRY14
- REGISTRY12
- FORESTRY14
- PSYCHIATRY23
- POULTRY12
- PASTRY11
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