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Meanings of infantryman in English

Catalan
soldat d'infanteria
Spanish
infante

Fights on foot with small arms.

soldat d'infanteria
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Examples for "marcher"
Examples for "marcher"
1
Was Primrose simply another marcher in a random parade of female victims?
Fatal Voyage
2
One marcher carried a bloodied baby doll in a cardboard box.
Reuters
3
Trinity was on the marcher's route, but did not join in.
The Irish Times
4
His grievances were those of a marcher rather than those of a Welshman.
The History of England / From the Accession of Henry III. to the...
5
Dunstan, the section marcher, formed his men and led them thence.
Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point / Or, Finding the Glor...
1
Wars continue, but fortunately for the foot soldier, Napoleonic tactics do not.
Reuters
2
He said you haven't exactly been an eager foot soldier for IRIS.
Fire With Fire
3
Seen dimly by darkness and fire, Raegar was just another foot soldier.
Doom of the Dragon
4
Naw, I'm just a gallow-glass -a mercenary and a foot soldier.
The dog said bow-wow
5
Every foot soldier had at his side a sword for close fight.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
1
'E is not forced to 'ump a pack, as we footsloggers are;
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 25, 1917
Usage of infantryman in English
1
The physique of the Russian infantryman is second to none in Europe.
America's War for Humanity
2
The Frenchman has more qualities of the cavalryman than of the infantryman.
Battle Studies; Ancient and Modern Battle
3
I escaped becoming an infantryman before my time by a hair's breadth.
The forgotten soldier
4
One does not think that any infantryman would have written that line.
The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918
5
None of us were wounded, nor did I see an infantryman fall.
Battle Studies; Ancient and Modern Battle
6
He'd struck her with all his weight, treating her like an infantryman.
Orb Sceptre Throne
7
On the march -aninfantryman has a pet dog on a lead.
Napoleon
8
There is more need for resolution in the infantryman than in the cavalryman.
Battle Studies; Ancient and Modern Battle
9
This is the work that wins the War, the work of the infantryman.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 31, 1917
10
In short, the infantryman is always more tired than the cavalryman.
Battle Studies; Ancient and Modern Battle
11
At 30, he left it all behind to become an infantryman.
The Irish Times
12
Is the work that never shows at all, the work of the infantryman.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 31, 1917
13
The days when the emotional infantryman decided battles had passed by for ever.
The War in the Air
14
When the cavalryman cannot gallop under fire, the infantryman cannot march under it.
Battle Studies; Ancient and Modern Battle
15
This heavy infantryman kept some kind of leaf-and-nut concoction jammed in one cheek.
Stonewielder
16
A brawny veteran infantryman, whom I met with his chum, said:
The Masques of Ottawa
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