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Definition of Infantryman
1. Noun. Fights on foot with small arms.
Specialized synonyms: Fusilier, Grenade Thrower, Grenadier, Doughboy, Musketeer
Generic synonyms: Soldier
Derivative terms: Footslog
Definition of Infantryman
1. Noun. a soldier employed in an infantry role ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Infantryman
1. [n INFANTRYMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Infantryman
Literary usage of Infantryman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Napoleon; a History of the Art of War by Theodore Ayrault Dodge (1907)
"French Light infantryman. During the morning of April 23 the whole army moved
towards Ratisbon, Friant and St. Hilaire early in the morn- ..."
2. Napoleon; a History of the Art of War by Theodore Ayrault Dodge (1907)
"... reconnoitred out towards Arcis but found no enemy, and then kept on to Plancy.
From Austrian infantryman. ..."
3. Napoleon; a History of the Art of War by Theodore Ayrault Dodge (1904)
"Each battalion had six companies, and numbered in the line regiments nine hundred
and twenty-four men, in the Austrian Light infantryman. ..."
4. The Future of War in Its Technical, Economic, and Political Relations: Is by Ivan Stanislavovich Bloch, Robert Cary Long (1899)
"I7.o% 24 9 V. Percentage of Hits in Fire at One infantryman. FRENCH ARMY. RANGE.
GERMAN ARMY. Lying down. Kneeling. 25% 33V. ..."
5. Wit, Wisdom and Foibles of the Great: Together with Numerous Anecdotes by Charles Anthony Shriner (1918)
"The other day I was watching a demi- brigade filing by; a light infantryman
stepped up to my horse. "General," saya he, "we must do so and so. ..."
6. Seven Firefights in Vietnam by John A. Cash (1985)
"infantryman LOADING AN M79 GRENADE LAUNCHER something significant. The local Viet
Cong, operating in groups of five to twelve men, had been terrorizing ..."
7. Army of Northern Virginia Memorial Volume by John William Jones (1879)
"... masterly sketch of the Model infantryman. SPEECH OF HON. AM KEILEY. After a
facetious hit at the cavalry, and bringing down the house by saying that he ..."
8. War Poems and Other Verses by Robert Ernest Vernède (1920)
"THE infantryman I WISH I 'ad entered the Navy— It's damp when the decks are
a-wash; But the 'appy AB, unlike you and me, ..."
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