cavalry.
The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.
Meaning & usage
The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.
An individual unit of this arm of service.
The branch of the military transported by fast light vehicles, also known as mechanized cavalry.
A source of rescue, especially in an emergency.
call in the cavalry
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *kaballosder.? Latin caballus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Late Latin caballāriusder. Old Occitan cavalierbor. Italian cavaliere ▲ Latin -ārius Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin -āriader. Italian -eria Italian cavalleriabor. Middle French cavaleriebor. English cavalry From Middle French cavalerie, in turn from Italian cavalleria. Recorded in English from the 1540s. Doublet of chivalry.
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