2 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: infantry noun: an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot; "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot" [syn: {foot}] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Infantry \In"fan*try\, noun [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}.

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