Meaning & use
infantry
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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