Definition of Infanry

Definition of Infanry

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.]

1. A body of children. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

2. (Mil.) A body of soldiers serving on foot; foot soldiers, in distinction from cavalry.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Soldiers that fight on foot.
(uncountable) The part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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