Cavalry and Knight

Cavalry

Cavalry noun - Troops trained to fight on horseback.

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Knight and cavalry are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Knight" instead a noun "Cavalry".

Knight

Knight noun - Originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit.

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Synonyms for Knight

Cavalry and knight are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cavalry" instead a noun "Knight".

Nearby Words: knightly, knighthood, knighted, knighting

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

human	human cavalry	human knight
good	good cavalry	good knight
female	female cavalry	female knight
best	best cavalry	best knight
Other adjectives: original, brutal, brave, loyal, strong, powerful, actual, real, literal, local, armored.

Both words in one sentence

Interestingly, the Camel Archer and Keshik (the unique Knight replacemets of the Arabs and Mongols, respectively) are not as weak against pikemen as other mounted units, because they're ranged attackers instead of heavy cavalry.

Source: Anti-Cavalry
The Gentleman Ranker, a 1912 movie about a knight's disowned son who joins the Crusades as a cavalry trooper.

Source: Gentlemen Rankers
Even for cavalry, a full suit of knight-style armor got too heavy and expensive to be practical.

Source: Bullet Proof Vest

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