infantry
pronunciation
How to pronounce infantry in British English:
UK [ˈɪnfəntri]
How to pronounce infantry in American English:
US [ˈɪnfəntri]
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- Noun:
- an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
Word Origin
- infantry (n.)
- 1570s, from French infantrie, from older Italian, Spanish infanteria "foot soldiers, force composed of those too inexperienced or low in rank for cavalry," from infante "foot soldier," originally "a youth," from Latin infantem (see infant). Meaning "infants collectively" is recorded from 1610s. A Middle English (c. 1200) word for "foot-soldiers" was going-folc, literally "going-folk."
Example
- 1. But never had infantry so decimated armoured vehicles .
- 2. I was sent to the 106th infantry division .
- 3. Patch was a machine-gunner in the duke of cornwall 's light infantry .
- 4. Probably something along the lines of : more infantry , fewer tanks .
- 5. Infantry regiments tend to recruit from poor areas where jobs are scarce and a-levels scarcer .