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light infantries

light infantries is the plural of light infantry.

Meaning of light infantry

Noun

light infantry (countable and uncountable, plural light infantries)

  1. Ground combat soldiers who are not mechanized, and whose role is to harass the enemy in front of the main body of infantry.
  2. (archaic, slang) Bedbugs or fleas.
    • Our bed was a waterproof sheet on the bare stone-floors, and as the convent swarmed with fleas of all sizes, from the heavy dragoon down to the light infantry, there was no fear of a sentry sleeping on his post.1887, Andrew A. Anderson, Twenty-five Years in a Waggon in the Gold Regions of Africa, page 59

Questions about light infantries

What is light infantries the plural of?
Light infantries is the plural of light infantry.

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