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infantryman

infantryman noun: a soldier employed in an infantry role.

Noun

infantryman (plural infantrymen)

  1. a soldier employed in an infantry role
  2. (by restriction) a male soldier of the infantry

infantryman meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu

infantryman in Hindi

soldier who fights on foot
प्यादा pyādā, पदाति padāti, पाजी pājī

infantryman in Tamil

soldier who fights on foot
காலாள் kālāḷ, படைவீரன் paṭaivīraṉ

infantryman in Bengali

soldier who fights on foot
বরকন্দাজ borkondaj, পাইক paik, পেয়াদা peẏada

infantryman in Telugu

infantryman, soldier
జవాను javānu
More languagesFewer languages
infantryman in Malayalam
കാലാൾ kālāḷ
infantryman in Arabic
بِيَادِيّ biyādiyy
infantryman in Thai
ทหารราบ tá-hǎan-râap
infantryman in Vietnamese
bộ binh

Synonyms of infantryman

Forms of infantryman

pluralinfantrymen

Plural of infantryman: infantrymen

Origin of infantryman

From infantry + man.

Words formed from infantryman

Questions about infantryman

What does infantryman mean?
Infantryman means a soldier employed in an infantry role.
What is infantryman in Hindi?
Infantryman in Hindi is प्यादा (pyādā), पदाति (padāti), पाजी (pājī). See Infantryman meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is infantryman?
Infantryman is a noun.
What is the plural of infantryman?
The plural of infantryman is infantrymen.

Words near infantryman in the dictionary

  1. infantresses
  2. infantries
  3. infantry
  4. infantry fighting vehicle
  5. infantry fighting vehicles
  6. infantryman
  7. infantrymen
  8. infantrypeople
  9. infantryperson
  10. infantrypersons
  11. infantrywoman

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Adapted from Wiktionary: infantryman (page history and authors); జవాను (Telugu) (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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