cavalry
/ˈkæ.vəl.ɹi/
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nonstandard/ˈkæl.və.ɹi/
cavalry noun: the military arm of service that fights while riding horses.
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Noun
cavalry (countable and uncountable, plural cavalries)
- The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.
- Two hundred heavily-armed cavalry rode behind the Audley standard, while close at their heels came the Duke of Lancaster with a glittering train, heralds tabarded with the royal arms riding three deep upon cream-colored chargers in front of him.1891, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, chapter XXXIII, in The White Company, New York, N.Y.; Boston, Mass.: Thomas Y[oung] Crowell & Company […], →OCLC
- An individual unit of this arm of service.
- The branch of the military transported by fast light vehicles, also known as mechanized cavalry.
- A source of rescue, especially in an emergency.
- call in the cavalry
- "We landed in their killbox?" "We did. I am sor... No, belay that. Heads down! Cavalry incoming!"2015 February 1, Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary, archived from the original on 14 May 2024
cavalry meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
cavalry in Hindi
- military service that fights with riding horses
- घुड़सवार सेना ghuṛasvār senā, घुड़सवार फ़ौज ghuṛasvār fauj, रिसाला risālā
- an individual unit of cavalry
- घुड़सवार ghuṛasvār, रिसाला risālā, घुड़चढ़ा ghuṛacṛhā
cavalry in Tamil
- இவுளி மறவர், குதிரைப் படை
cavalry in Bengali
- অশ্বারোহী সৈন্যদল
cavalry in Malayalam
- cavalry, cavalryman
- തുറുപ്പ് tuṟuppŭ
- cavalry
- കുതിര kutira
More languagesFewer languages
- cavalry in Kannada
- ಕುದುರೆ ಪಡೆ, ಅಶ್ವದಳ, ಕುದುರೆ ಸವಾರರ ಸೈನ್ಯ, ರಾವುತ ಪಡೆ
- cavalry in Tagalog
- kabayuhan
- cavalry in Arabic
- فَارِس fāris, سِلَاح الفُرْسَان silāḥ al-fursān
- cavalry in Malay
- pasukan kuda, pasukan berkuda husar
- cavalry in Indonesian
- pasukan kuda, pasukan berkuda, kavaleri
- cavalry in Persian
- سوارهنظام savâre-nezâm
- cavalry in Thai
- ทหารม้า tha-haan-maa
- cavalry in Vietnamese
- kỵ binh
Examples of cavalry in a sentence
- Alexander the Great's army numbered an elite cavalry among its ranks.
- The cavalry messenger dismounted after his moon blindness made it unsafe to ride on through the wilderness.
- The cavalry were not able to break the British squares.
Forms of cavalry
| plural | cavalries |
|---|---|
| alternative form | cavalery |
Origin of cavalry
From Middle French cavalerie, in turn from Italian cavalleria. Recorded in English from the 1540s. Doublet of chivalry.
Words formed from cavalry
Phrases with cavalry
Questions about cavalry
- What does cavalry mean?
- Cavalry means the military arm of service that fights while riding horses.
- What is cavalry in Hindi?
- Cavalry in Hindi is घुड़सवार सेना (ghuṛasvār senā), घुड़सवार फ़ौज (ghuṛasvār fauj), रिसाला (risālā). See Cavalry meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cavalry?
- Cavalry is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cavalry?
- Cavalry is pronounced /ˈkæ.vəl.ɹi/.
- What is the plural of cavalry?
- The plural of cavalry is cavalries.
Words near cavalry in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cavalry (page history and authors); cavalry (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cavalry (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); കുതിര (Malayalam) (page history and authors); cavalry (Kannada 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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