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Meanings of infantry in English
Military service branch concerned with combat by individuals on foot.
Related terms
Portuguese
infantaria Catalan
infanteria Synonyms
Examples for "rifles"
Examples for "rifles"
1
You will find a new grave there, the rifles in the grave.
2
The country on either side was open and the soldiers carried rifles.
3
Government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn said rifles, pistols and hand grenades were missing.
4
Is it wrong to focus on controlling semi-automatic rifles, particularly the AR-15.?
5
Special forces fired pistols and rifles at protesters, a Reuters witness said.
1
SNP-held districts suffered high-profile deaths of local infantrymen in the Iraq war.
2
Pressing the advantage, British infantrymen promptly surged forward into the abandoned fortifications.
3
He snatched crossbows from infantrymen and dashed forward to discharge the bolt.
4
Three or four of the infantrymen came thumping across the flower beds.
5
The infantrymen clung to improvised positions formed behind bramble thickets and rocks.
1
Brave foot soldiers might win battle honors and thus climb social levels.
2
It was always easy to count on avarice among the foot soldiers.
3
In 711, the Arabs invaded Spain with North African Berber foot soldiers.
4
Naturally the foot soldiers will move more quickly than the heavy equipment.
5
The Foot Soldier contains 3 foot soldiers on top of the painting.
Usage of infantry in English
1
Our infantry has taken and made use of German weapons and ammunition.
2
The infantry barracks are outside of the walls, four in number; viz.
3
The light infantry of the guards and the cavalry were in reserve.
4
The bugle sounded, and in a short time the infantry fell in.
5
All the infantry was concentrated in the town and the entrenched camp.
6
The lad was in the infantry and going straight into the trenches.
7
The infantry and guns are extended in the form of a square.
8
The canopy of shrapnel smoke grew thicker; the infantry began to break.
9
And he was at sea now with a couple of infantry men.
10
His infantry covered thirty-six and his cavalry fifty-four miles in fifteen hours.
11
Seven or eight hundred anemic, half-starved men armed with light infantry weapons.
12
He became full general of infantry in 1873 and retired immediately afterwards.
13
The loss of the 3d infantry in commissioned officers was especially severe.
14
This infantry of the janizaries was the first standing army in Europe.
15
On the 7th of April the infantry marched out in three columns.
16
The Spaniards and Gauls occupied the centre of the line of infantry.
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Translations for infantry
Portuguese
Infantry through the time
Infantry across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
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