different between cavalry vs horseman

English

Alternative forms

• cavalery (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French cavalerie, in turn from Italian cavalleria. Recorded in English from the 1540s. Doublet of chivalry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæv?l?i/

Noun

cavalry (countable and uncountable, plural cavalries)

1. (military, uncountable) The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.
2. (military, countable) An individual unit of the cavalry arm of service.
3. (military, countable) The branch of the military transported by fast light vehicles, also known as mechanized cavalry.

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References

• Delamarre, X. & Lambert, P. -Y. (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise : Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental (2nd ed.). Paris: Errance. ?ISBN, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• Calvary, calvary

English

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Etymology

From Middle English horsman, equivalent to horse +? man.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h?rsm?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h??sm?n/
• Hyphenation: horse?man

Noun

horseman (plural horsemen)

1. A man who rides a horse.
2. A soldier on horseback.
3. A man skilled in horsemanship.
4. (Britain, agriculture, obsolete) A man in charge of work horses.
5. A swift-running land crab of the genus Ocypoda, living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies.
6. (obsolete) A West Indian fish of the genus Equetes

Synonyms

• equestrian

Translations

See also

• horseman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• menorahs, rhamnose

Middle English

Noun

horseman

1. Alternative form of horsman