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Cavalryman

noun
(pl. cavalrymen)
1.
A soldier in a motorized army unit.  Synonym: trooper.
2.
A soldier mounted on horseback.  Synonym: trooper.






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"Cavalryman" Quotes from Famous Books



... second or so, and answered up: 'If I'd a tab of turf handy, I'd bung it at your mouth, you greasy cavalryman, and learn you to speak respectful of your betters. The Marines are the handiest body of men in ...
— Wandering Heath • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

... fate of my countrymen at the hands of Bridget the Celt,—what wonder that I gladly seize this opportunity to sing the praises of my German handmaid! Honor to thee, Lenchen, wherever thou goest! Heaven bless thee in thy walks abroad! whether with that tightly-booted cavalryman in thy Sunday gown and best, or in blue polka-dotted apron and bare head as thou trottest nimbly on mine errands,—errands which Bridget o'Flaherty would scorn to undertake, or, undertaking, would hopelessly blunder in. Heaven bless thee, child, in thy early risings and in thy later ...
— The Twins of Table Mountain and Other Stories • Bret Harte

... and that explains everything. You have seen twenty times at the Circus of the Empress the performance of the circus charger—the light-cavalryman who enters the arena on a gray horse, then the Arabs come and shoot at the cavalryman, who is wounded and falls; and as you didn't fall, the horse, indignant and not understanding how you could so far forget your part, threw you on ...
— Parisian Points of View • Ludovic Halevy



Words linked to "Cavalryman" :   horse cavalry, horse, hussar, soldier, lancer, cuirassier, cavalry, Rough Rider, dragoon, trooper



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