Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A soldier in the infantry.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A foot-soldier.
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- noun a
soldier employed in aninfantry role
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun fights on foot with small arms
Etymologies
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Examples
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DS: Having been a Marine infantryman is central to what goes into these books.
Archive 2010-02-01 2010
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DS: Having been a Marine infantryman is central to what goes into these books.
David Sherman chats with Sci Fi Bookshelf about Starfist 2010
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In the Army, the average age of the infantryman is nineteen years old.
Gulf War II 2007
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But the world of an infantryman is unlike any other, and a soldier’s motivations in battle are hard to judge from the outside looking in.
The Road to Haditha 2006
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But the world of an infantryman is unlike any other, and a soldier’s motivations in battle are hard to judge from the outside looking in.
The Road to Haditha 2006
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The bomb had gone out of fashion, and it was realised that the principal weapon of the infantryman was the rifle.
The Story of the "9th King's" in France Enos Herbert Glynne Roberts
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He who knows the morale of the infantryman, which is put to the hardest proof, knows the morale of all the combatants.
Battle Studies Charles Jean Jacques Joseph Ardant du Picq 1845
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The infantryman was the 140th Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan since Canadian soldiers first went there in 2002 to fight the Taliban.
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The infantryman was the 140th Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan since Canadian soldiers first went there in 2002 to fight the Taliban.
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The infantryman was the 140th Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan since Canadian soldiers first went there in 2002 to fight the Taliban.
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