cavalry
pronunciation
How to pronounce cavalry in British English:
UK [ˈkævlri]
How to pronounce cavalry in American English:
US [ˈkævəlri]
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- Noun:
- troops trained to fight on horseback
- a highly mobile army unit
Word Origin
- cavalry (n.)
- 1540s, from Middle French cavalerie (16c.), from Italian cavalleria "mounted militia," from cavaliere (see cavalier (n.)). An Old English word for it was horshere.
Example
- 1. You have no heavy cavalry .
- 2. The stirrup saved europe , and these new mounted cavalry were celebrated forever after as knights .
- 3. A north carolina regiment mistook them for enemy cavalry and opened fire , severely wounding jackson .
- 4. In september last year a 21-year-old 1st cavalry division soldier shot his lieutenant to death and then killed himself .
- 5. She later spent four months embedded with the u.s. 3 / 7 cavalry during operation iraqi freedom .