soldiers or units of soldiers who fight on foot with small arms (as modifier): an infantry unit
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in•fan•try /ˈɪnfəntri/USA pronunciation
n., pl. -tries.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Militarysoldiers or military units that fight on foot: [uncountable]In the infantry he was forced to forget his past training.[countable]We have two infantries ready to move forward.
in•fan•try
(in′fən trē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tries.
- Militarysoldiers or military units that fight on foot, in modern times typically with rifles, machine guns, grenades, mortars, etc., as weapons.
- Militarya branch of an army composed of such soldiers.
- Italian infanteria, equivalent. to infante boy, foot-soldier (see infant) + -ria -ry
- 1570–80
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'infantry' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Black Watch
- Foot Guards
- Fort Benning
- INF
- IR
- LI
- Lt. Inf.
- Zouave
- air cavalry
- airborne
- arm
- chasseur
- combat team
- demoralize
- doughboy
- ensign
- evzone
- fire support
- foot
- fusilier
- grenadier
- hypaspist
- id
- infantryman
- legion
- li
- lift
- light
- light infantry
- marching orders
- market garden
- mi
- miquelet
- move
- musket
- order
- paratrooper
- pavis
- peon
- phalanx
- pike
- pikestaff
- pioneer
- place
- point man
- slug
- spontoon
- troop carrier