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Kavallerie — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cavalry noun Soldiers who fight from horseback, or, in modern armies, troops who move by fast, light vehicles.
  • horse noun A large hoofed mammal with a mane and tail, long domesticated for riding, pulling loads, and farm work.

Senses

Kavallerie is used for these senses in English:

  • cavalry (military, usually, _, historical, uncountable) The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.
  • cavalry (military, countable) An individual unit of this arm of service.
  • horse (military, sometimes, uncountable) Cavalry soldiers (sometimes capitalized when referring to an official category).

cavalry — full definition

  1. noun Soldiers who fight from horseback, or, in modern armies, troops who move by fast, light vehicles.
  2. noun Figuratively, help that arrives just in time to save the day.

horse — full definition

  1. noun A large hoofed mammal with a mane and tail, long domesticated for riding, pulling loads, and farm work.
  2. noun A padded piece of gymnastics equipment, or a simple frame with legs, used for support or exercise.
  3. verb To fool around or engage in rough, playful behavior (usually as "horse around").

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