INFANTRY Definition & Meaning

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infantry

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noun

plural infantries.

soldiers or military units that fight on foot, in modern times typically with rifles, machine guns, grenades, mortars, etc., as weapons.
a branch of an army composed of such soldiers.

infantry

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noun

AbbreviationInfinf
1. soldiers or units of soldiers who fight on foot with small arms
2. ( as modifier )
  an infantry unit

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of infantry¹

1570–80; < Italian infanteria, equivalent to infante boy, foot-soldier ( infant ) + -ria -ry

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of infantry¹

C16: from Italian infanteria, from infante boy, foot soldier; see infant

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Drafted into the Army after graduation, Chamberlain spent 16 months as an infantry company clerk in South Korea.

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"We were not toughies and they made us toughies – I became a trained infantry man," he said.

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“Commanders do not have to have a quota for women in the infantry. That does not exist,” Gillibrand said.

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A graduate of Princeton and Harvard universities, Hegseth was an infantry platoon leader in Guantanamo Bay and Iraq, and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal.

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The Princeton and Harvard graduate served as an infantry platoon leader in Guantanamo Bay and Iraq, where he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal.

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