cavalry
noun
cav·al·ry
ˈka-vəl-rē 
nonstandard
ˈkal-və-rē
plural cavalries
1
a
: an army component mounted on horseback
b
: an army component moving in motor vehicles or helicopters and assigned to combat missions that require great mobility
2
: horsemen
a thousand cavalry in flight
Examples of cavalry in a Sentence
Cavalry is used to perform reconnaissance.
The cavalry were brought in to support the mission.
Recent Examples on the Web
Ashby Lee is named for both Gen. Robert E. Lee, a Virginia native who commanded Confederate forces, and for Turner Ashby, a Confederate cavalry officer who was killed in battle in 1862 near Harrisonburg.
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CBS News, 12 June 2024
The town and river were named in honor of England’s King James I, who gave them the charter to establish the colonies across the eastern coast of present-day U.S.
In 1865, John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, was shot dead by Union cavalry soldiers in Port Royal, Virginia.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 26 Apr. 2024
As Dot searches for a safe place the cavalry rolls up in the form of the FBI, the ATF, the SWAT team, and Witt, who asserts himself as a key player in the rescue effort.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2024
The next year, the association faced more anger and eventually withdrew an award for a novel widely criticized for its sympathetic portrait of a cavalry officer who participated in the slaughter of Lakota Indians at the Battle of Wounded Knee.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 1 June 2024
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CBS News, 12 June 2024
The town and river were named in honor of England’s King James I, who gave them the charter to establish the colonies across the eastern coast of present-day U.S.
In 1865, John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, was shot dead by Union cavalry soldiers in Port Royal, Virginia.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 26 Apr. 2024
As Dot searches for a safe place the cavalry rolls up in the form of the FBI, the ATF, the SWAT team, and Witt, who asserts himself as a key player in the rescue effort.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2024
The next year, the association faced more anger and eventually withdrew an award for a novel widely criticized for its sympathetic portrait of a cavalry officer who participated in the slaughter of Lakota Indians at the Battle of Wounded Knee.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 1 June 2024
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“Cavalry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cavalry. Accessed 27 Jun. 2024.
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cavalry
noun
cav·al·ry
ˈkav-əl-rē
plural cavalries
: troops mounted on horseback or moving in motor vehicles or helicopters
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