cavalry

Plural: cavalries

Noun

• A unit of soldiers who fight on horseback, or motorized equivalent.
• troops trained to fight on horseback
• a highly mobile army unit
• The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.
• An individual unit of this arm of service.
• The branch of the military transported by fast light vehicles, also known as mechanized cavalry.
• A source of rescue, especially in an emergency.

Examples

• Bringing in the CAVALRY with a seven-letter word, he turned the tide of the Words With Friends game.
• call in the cavalry

Synonyms

horse, horse cavalry