infantry

Betekenis

  1. Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne).
  2. The part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers, especially opposed to mounted and technical troops.
  3. A regiment of infantry.
  4. (colloquial) Infants; children.

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/ˈɪnfəntɹi/
Etymologie

From Middle French infanterie, from older Italian, possibly from Spanish infantería (“foot soldiers, force composed of those too inexperienced or low in rank for cavalry”), from infante (“foot soldier”), originally "a youth", either way from Latin īnfāns (“child”); see there for more.

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Before   entering   politics   Wilkie   was   an   infantry   officer   in   the   Australian
Australian
  Army .

Voordat hij politiek betrad, was Wilkie een infanterieofficier in het Australische leger.

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