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light cavalry

light cavalry noun: a military unit consisting of lightly armed and lightly armored troops mounted on horses.

Noun

light cavalry (plural light cavalries)

  1. A military unit consisting of lightly armed and lightly armored troops mounted on horses.

Forms of light cavalry

plurallight cavalries

Questions about light cavalry

What does light cavalry mean?
Light cavalry means a military unit consisting of lightly armed and lightly armored troops mounted on horses.
What part of speech is light cavalry?
Light cavalry is a noun.
What is the plural of light cavalry?
The plural of light cavalry is light cavalries.

Words near light cavalry in the dictionary

  1. light buoy
  2. light buoys
  3. light carrier
  4. light carriers
  5. light cavalries
  6. light cavalry
  7. light centuries
  8. light century
  9. light chain
  10. light chains
  11. light characteristic

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