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Webster 1913 Edition

Infantry

In′fan-try

,
Noun.
[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
.]
1.
A body of children.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.
2.
(Mil.)
A body of soldiers serving on foot; foot soldiers, in distinction from
cavalry
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Infantry

IN'FANTRY

,
Noun.
In military affairs,the soldiers or troops that serve on foot, as distinguished from cavalry; as a company,regiment or brigade of infantry. In some armies, there have been heavy-armed infantry, and light-armed or light infantry, according to their manner of arming and equipping.

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