Cavalry
Cavalry noun - Troops trained to fight on horseback.
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Synonyms for Cavalry
Mounted infantry and cavalry are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Mounted infantry" with "Cavalry", this terms are similar.
Mounted infantry
Cavalry and mounted infantry are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Cavalry" with "Mounted infantry", this terms are similar.
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On the other hand, the forces involved weren't anywhere near as large as Leone implies; Sibley's expedition numbered only about 2,000 men, mostly cavalry and mounted infantry, compared with the movie's cast-of-thousands trench battles.
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A pistol version of the Blunderbuss known as the Dragon was also used by cavalry and heavily associated with them to the point where the term "dragoon" became synonymous with mounted infantry.
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After that battle, Japanese used their cavalry forces in practice as mounted infantry.
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