cavalrymen

noun

plural of cavalryman
as in dragoons

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  1. soldiers
  2. cavaliers
  3. warriors
  4. troopers
Noun
  • Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise, which traces its roots to 1954, involved around 18,000 Korean troops and an undisclosed number of American soldiers this year.
    — Lisa Kim, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The good news is the world has not seen a successful military coup since November of last year, when soldiers deposed the president of Guinea-Bissau on the coast of West Africa.
    — Keith B. Richburg, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of soldiers
Noun
  • The young women and their cavaliers headed to L’Arc, a nightclub in Paris situated near the Shangri-La; there, the group continued their celebrations some hours later.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
Definition of cavaliers
Noun
  • Protective, almost — which makes sense, as its stunning chandeliers are designed to look like the shields and spears of African Masai warriors.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2026
  • In ancient legend, 300 Spartan warriors held the narrow pass at Thermopylae against a vast, overwhelming force, relying on a critical bottleneck to offset impossible odds.
    — Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of warriors
Noun
  • In mid-August, state troopers returned to sweep an encampment once again under Operation SAFE.
    — Jake Ramsey, Oklahoma Watch, 30 Aug. 2026
  • And state troopers had booted people off state land weeks earlier.
    — Maddy Keyes, The Frontier, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of troopers
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