infantry
noun/ˈɪnfəntri/
/ˈɪnfəntri/
[uncountable + singular or plural verb]- soldiers who fight on foot
- infantry units
- The infantry was/were guarding the bridge.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryInfantry is used before these nouns:- brigade
- division
- squad
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French infanterie, from Italian infanteria, from infante ‘youth, infantryman’, from Latin infant- ‘unable to speak’, from in- ‘not’ + fant- ‘speaking’ (from the verb fari).Definitions on the go
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