Meaning & use

infantry

noun·Academic

Soldiers who fight on foot, as opposed to those in tanks, on horseback, or in the air.

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The general ordered the infantry to advance at dawn under cover of fog.

Thousands of infantry marched for days before reaching the front line.

A note on using this word

Used as a collective noun for foot soldiers as a group, not for a single soldier.

Words with a similar meaning

foot soldiers

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