Infantry

Word INFANTRY
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Pronunciations /ˈɪnfəntɹi/

Definitions and meanings of "Infantry"

What do we mean by infantry?

The branch of an army made up of units trained to fight on foot. noun

Soldiers armed and trained to fight on foot. noun

A unit, such as a regiment, of such soldiers. noun

Soldiery ✓ serving on foot, as distinguished from cavalry; that part of a military establishment using small-arms, and equipped for marching and fighting on foot, constituting the oldest of the “arms” into which armies are conventionally divided: as, a company, regiment, or brigade of infantry. Abbreviated infinitive noun

As if directly ⟨ infant, n., 1, + -ry. Infants in general; an assemblage of children. noun

A body of children. noun

A body of soldiers serving on foot; foot soldiers, in distinction from cavalry. noun

Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne). noun

The part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers, especially opposed to mounted and technical troops noun

A regiment of infantry noun

An army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot noun

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

Synonyms and Antonyms for Infantry

The word "infantry" in example sentences

JOULWAN: When you look at what we call infantry, boots on the ground, Marine and Army units, they're not 2.4 million. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Yes, truck drivers, radio operators, cooks all serve in infantry units, but I'm quite sure personnel with other than an infantry or special forces MOS are not eligible, regardless of the circumstances. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Personally, years in infantry made me really, really comfort with the AR plus it is very accurate. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Women are barred from ground jobs in infantry, armor and artillery units and are technically confined to support roles. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The infantry is undergoing the last throes of the destruction of its regimental system, having found itself squeezed into 34 conventional regular infantry battalions plus three regular battalions of the Parachute Regiment. ❋ Unknown (2007)

George Patton called it "… the greatest battle implement ever devised," and it was our main infantry weapon in the last war we won. ❋ Unknown (2007)

"Light infantry is your branch of choice because the coming race war and the ethnic cleansing to follow will be very much an infantryman's war," he wrote. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I think the major stumbling block has been that Jerry has talked about the PAVN Air Defense network, while we are more familiar with the world of PLAF and PAVN main infantry units. ❋ Unknown (1995)

Armed with machine guns, they were to await there, first in deep dugouts while the bombardment went on, then in the midst of labyrinths of wire so thick that they could not get out and no one else could get in, and they were to delay the German advance and separate the German infantry from the German barrage, until overwhelmed by sheer force of numbers. ❋ No Author (1919)

But the march of infantry is quick time, and you cannot accelerate the pace of the head of the column without doing an injury to the whole. ❋ Unknown (1903)

Since infantry can no longer drive infantry from a fortified position, the artillery has come to be greatly relied upon. ❋ Unknown (1900)

The regular infantry is nominally rated at more than ❋ Unknown (1856)

For several months they defended themselves with unconquerable resolution against a large force in infantry and guns, sent against them from Tehran. ❋ Unknown (1856)

Major General Shaukat Sultan Khan, Musharraf’s press secretary until March 2007, spent six months in infantry school at Fort Benning, Georgia, in 1983. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Steven Barry: “Light infantry is your branch of choice because the coming race war and the ethnic cleansing to follow will be very much an infantryman’s war,” he wrote. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Ms. DIAZ: Well, I mean, the infantry is the boots on the ground, the guys carrying the guns. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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