'Infantry' definitions:
Definition of 'infantry'
(from WordNet)
noun
An army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot; "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot" [syn: infantry, foot]
Definition of 'Infantry'
From: GCIDE
- Infantry \In"fan*try\, n. [F. infanterie, It. infanteria, fr. infante infant, child, boy servant, foot soldier, fr. L. infans, -antis, child; foot soldiers being formerly the servants and followers of knights. See Infant.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A body of children. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mil.) A body of soldiers serving on foot; foot soldiers, in distinction from cavalry. [1913 Webster]