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CAVALRY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A highly mobile army unit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("cavalry" is a kind of...):
army unit (a military unit that is part of an army)
Meronyms (members of "cavalry"):
troop (a cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company)
cavalryman; trooper (a soldier mounted on horseback)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cavalry"):
squadron (a cavalry unit consisting of two or more troops and headquarters and supporting arms)
camel cavalry; zamboorak; zamburak; zamburek; zumbooruck; zumbooruk (a camel cavalry used in the early modern era by Arab, Afghan, Persian, and Indian armies)
horse cavalry (an army unit mounted on horseback)
mechanized cavalry (an armored unit of a modern army equipped with motor vehicles)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Troops trained to fight on horseback
Example:
500 horse led the attack
Synonyms:
cavalry; horse; horse cavalry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("cavalry" is a kind of...):
military personnel; soldiery; troops (soldiers collectively)
Meronyms (members of "cavalry"):
cavalryman; trooper (a soldier in a motorized army unit)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
