Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - infantry
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Infantry
infantry
noun (plural -tries) Etymology: Middle French & Old Italian; Middle French infanterie, from Old Italian infanteria, from infante boy, foot soldier, from Latin infant-, infans Date: 1579 1. a. soldiers trained, armed, and equipped to fight on foot b. a branch of an army composed of these soldiers 2. an ~ regiment or division
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n. (pl. -ies) a body of soldiers who march and fight on foot; foot-soldiers collectively. Etymology: F infanterie f. It. infanteria f. infante youth, infantryman (as INFANT) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. пехота motorized (mounted) infantry —- моторизованная пехота infantry platoon —- пехотный взвод I. Drill Regulations —- строевой устав пехоты I. Field Manual —- боевой устав пехоты ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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Infantry are soldiers who fight on foot rather than in tanks or on horses. ...an infantry division. N-UNCOUNT-COLL ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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- 1579, from Fr. infantrie, from older It., Sp. infanteria "foot soldiers, force composed of those too inexperienced or low in rank for cavalry," from infante "foot soldier," originally "a youth," from L. infantem (see infant). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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