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Word: Infantry
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century: from French infanterie, from Italian infanteria, from infante ‘youth, infantryman’, from Latin infant- (see infant)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɪnf(ə)ntri
Dialects: British English
Definition:
soldiers marching or fighting on foot; foot soldiers collectively
Short Definition:soldiers marching or fighting on foot
Examples:- the infantry advanced at sunrise
- the ships carried two regiments of infantry
- infantry battalions
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