n. The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.
n. Branch of military transported by fast light vehicles, the mechanized cavalry.
n. An individual unit of the cavalry arm of service.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. That part of military force which serves on horseback.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A class of soldiers who march and fight on horseback; that part of an army, or of any military force, which consists of troops that serve on horseback, as distinguished from infantry, or foot-soldiers.
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n. a highly mobile army unit
n. troops trained to fight on horseback
Word Usage
"The term cavalry or infantry hardly describes it since it is composed of all-round handy men ready to take on any job in the campaigning line and do it well."