infantry
Plural: infantries
Noun
- Soldiers who fight on foot.
- an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
- Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne).
- The part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers, especially opposed to mounted and technical troops.
- A regiment of infantry.
- Infants; children.
Examples
- The INFANTRY of common words won the game, not just the grand bingos.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French infanterie, from older Italian, possibly from Spanish infantería (“foot soldiers, force composed of those too inexperienced or low in rank for cavalry”), from infante (“foot soldier”), originally "a youth", either way from Latin īnfāns (“child”); see there for more.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 14
infantry: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordinfantry: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
infantry: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 15
infantry: valid Words With Friends Word