Cavalry
['kæv(ə)lrɪ] or ['kævlri]
Definition
(noun.) a highly mobile army unit.
(noun.) troops trained to fight on horseback; '500 horse led the attack'.
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Definition
(n.) That part of military force which serves on horseback.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Horse-soldiers, troops on horseback, mounted soldiers.
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Definition
n. horse-soldiers: a troop of horse or horsemen.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you see a division of cavalry, denotes personal advancement and distinction. Some little sensation may accompany your elevation.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
That arm of the military service that engages in the real hoss-tilities.
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Examples
- Sheridan was telegraphed for that day, and on his arrival was assigned to the command of the cavalry corps with the Army of the Potomac. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- A few of our cavalry dashed in, and forded and swam the stream, and all opposition was soon dispersed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The Dutch fleet, frozen in the Texel, surrendered to a handful of cavalry without firing its guns. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Confederates were surprised to find our cavalry had possession of the trains. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Suppose it had been a troop of cavalry? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The attack was now renewed, the cavalry dismounting and charging as infantry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The column moving detached from the army still in the trenches was, excluding the cavalry, very small. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Warren was to move to Parker's store, and Wilson's cavalry--then at Parker's store--to move on to Craig's meeting-house. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Warren was not aware of his presence, but probably supposed it was the cavalry which Merritt had engaged earlier in the day. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- So far, only our cavalry and the advance of Lee's army were engaged. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- No knowing what might have happened if the cavalry had not come up in time. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I notified him, also, that I had sent Grierson to take command of his cavalry, he being a very efficient officer. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- You have your cavalry and all. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Cavalry Corps: LIEUTENANT-GENERAL WADE HAMPTON, Commanding. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The cavalry, however, were to threaten Charleston on the right, and Augusta on the left. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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