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infantries

infantries is the plural of infantry.

Meaning of infantry

Noun

infantry (countable and uncountable, plural infantries)

  1. Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne).
    Synonyms:
    footfolk
  2. (uncountable) The part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers, especially opposed to mounted and technical troops.
  3. A regiment of infantry.
  4. (colloquial, humorous) Infants; children.
    • The next summer there was a crop of blackberries in the woods. I took wife and babies, supplied with lunch and horse feed; […] Wife took command of the infantry and I of the transportation. We were both soon calling loudly for assistance.1887, Transactions of the Iowa State Horticultural Society, page 142

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Questions about infantries

What is infantries the plural of?
Infantries is the plural of infantry.

Words near infantries in the dictionary

  1. infantoria
  2. infantorium
  3. infantoriums
  4. infantress
  5. infantresses
  6. infantries
  7. infantry
  8. infantry fighting vehicle
  9. infantry fighting vehicles
  10. infantryman
  11. infantrymen

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