infantryman

noun

Definition of infantrymannext
as in cavalryman

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Recent Examples of infantryman An Army spokesperson told Fox News Digital that Berry was an infantryman and Special Forces medical sergeant in the Army from 1992 to 2016, leaving the Army as a sergeant first class. — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026 Manhunt will be harder because of his training Berry was an infantryman and a special forces medical sergeant in the Army from 1992 to 2016, leaving the Army as a sergeant first class, according to Christopher Surridge, a US Army spokesperson. — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 6 May 2026 According to the Maryland National Guard, Collins was an infantryman who had served for more than nine years. — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026 There’s particular attention to the geography of the hill being fought over, and how intimate of a relationship the infantrymen have with this land. — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for infantryman
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infantryman
  1. cavalryman
  2. doughboy
  3. soldier
  4. dragoon
  5. foot soldier
  6. grunt
  7. raider
  8. footman
Noun
  • On the corners are statues of an infantryman, sailor, artilleryman and cavalryman, each drawn from actual war dead.
    — Bill Steiden, Des Moines Register, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The dismounted cavalryman is targeted in the second pass , leaving his mount unharmed.
    — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
Definition of cavalryman
Noun
  • The generation of sailors and doughboys discharged in 1918 had the deck stacked against them.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2026
  • She’s rescued by a detachment of American doughboys, led by the aforementioned Pvt.
    — Ben H. Winters, New York Times, 26 July 2025
Definition of doughboy
Noun
  • This is my personal version of those videos of soldiers coming home from war, and the other women react as such.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026
  • An older man was carefully helped off one helicopter, while a soldier carried an older woman on his back to a medical tent.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of soldier
Noun
  • At the Battle of White Plains on October 28, 1776, General George Washington’s soldiers were forced to retreat following an attack from a small contingent of British dragoons.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 July 2025
  • Burgoyne returned to duty as an aging dragoon captain, just in time to win fame at the cannon's mouth in the Seven Years' War, notably in Normandy and Brittany against the French, and on the Tagus River near Lisbon against the Spanish.
    — / CBS News, CBS News, 13 June 2025
Definition of dragoon
Noun
  • But the current Sinaloa turf war—la narcopandemia, locals call it—has created new categories of victims, far from the foot soldiers and hit men targeted in previous spasms of violence.
    — Kevin Sieff, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Before the whole scene of domestic bliss is cut short, Cruz and Josie discuss their looming irrelevance as human foot soldiers in a future of wars fought by machines, finding brief solace in each other’s out-of-uniform bodies.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of foot soldier
Noun
  • Still, the constant death against even low-level grunt enemies, let alone fearsome bosses, is annoying and obnoxious.
    — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Ranging from the sound of emergency sirens and birds screeching to low grunts and guttural hoots, their vocalizations reverberate from a sanctuary in the hot, dry hills of the Santa Clarita Valley, north of Los Angeles.
    — Jaimie Ding, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of grunt
Noun
  • The preseason finale against the Atlanta Falcons is days away, roster cuts are next Sunday, and the season opener at the Las Vegas raiders is three weeks away.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Though the tomb raiders have been arrested, the total number of robberies is still unclear.
    — Rylan DiGiacomo-Rapp, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of raider
Noun
  • The king and queen always face the direction of travel and will exit first; their guests face the footmen and will exit after the monarchs.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • There’s a moment when a former general upbraids a footman for not wearing gloves to serve food.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 22 May 2026
Definition of footman

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