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camelry

UK/ˈkæ.məl.ɹi/

camelry noun: a military arm of service that fights while riding camels.

Noun

camelry (countable and uncountable, plural camelries)

  1. A military arm of service that fights while riding camels.
    • A column of camelry emerged from the city as her honor guards.1999, George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam, published 2011, page 422

camelry meaning in Tamil

camelry in Tamil

ஒட்டகப்படை

Forms of camelry

pluralcamelries

Origin of camelry

From camel + -ry, modelled after cavalry.

Questions about camelry

What does camelry mean?
Camelry means a military arm of service that fights while riding camels.
What is camelry in Tamil?
Camelry in Tamil is ஒட்டகப்படை. See Camelry meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is camelry?
Camelry is a noun.
How do you pronounce camelry?
Camelry is pronounced /ˈkæ.məl.ɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of camelry?
The plural of camelry is camelries.

Words near camelry in the dictionary

  1. camelpoxvirus
  2. camelpoxviruses
  3. camelrider
  4. camelriders
  5. camelries
  6. camelry
  7. camels
  8. camelshair
  9. camelteer
  10. camelteers
  11. camelthorn

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Adapted from Wiktionary: camelry (page history and authors); camelry (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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