different between cavalry vs warhorse

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

Etymology

war +? horse

Noun

warhorse (plural warhorses)

1. (historical) Any horse used in horse-cavalry, but especially one bearing an armoured knight.
2. (theater, music) A regularly revived theatrical or musical work, as with Hamlet or a Beethoven symphony, or as excerpts thereto. May imply that the work in question has become hackneyed.
   • 2006 Most important though is the fact that, for the first time in I can barely remember how long, the ROH mounts a new production of an Italian repertory warhorse that is fully on the level of the one it replaces [and indeed, in some respects, surpasses it] [...] we actually have a "Tosca". — Google group.
3. An experienced person who has been through many battles, situations or contests; someone who has given long service.
   • "Srinath: India's warhorse" (headline from BBC News)

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