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• Infantry — In fan*try, n. [F. infanterie, It. infanteria, fr. infante infant, child, boy servant, foot soldier, fr. L. infans, antis, child; foot soldiers being formerly the servants and followers of knights. See {Infant}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A body of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• infantry — 1570s, from Fr. infantrie, from older It., Sp. infanteria foot soldiers, force composed of those too inexperienced or low in rank for cavalry, from infante foot soldier, originally a youth, from L. infantem (see INFANT (Cf. infant)). Meaning… …   Etymology dictionary

• infantry — [in′fən trē] n. pl. infantries [Fr infanterie < It infanteria < infante, very young person, knight s page, foot soldier < L infans: see INFANT] 1. foot soldiers collectively; esp., that branch of an army consisting of soldiers trained… …   English World dictionary

• infantry — noun (plural tries) Etymology: Middle French & Old Italian; Middle French infanterie, from Old Italian infanteria, from infante boy, foot soldier, from Latin infant , infans Date: 1579 1. a. soldiers trained, armed, and equipped to fight on foot… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• infantry — /in feuhn tree/, n., pl. infantries. 1. soldiers or military units that fight on foot, in modern times typically with rifles, machine guns, grenades, mortars, etc., as weapons. 2. a branch of an army composed of such soldiers. [1570 80; < It… …   Universalium

• infant — [14] Etymologically, an infant is ‘someone who cannot yet speak’. The word comes via Old French enfant from Latin infāns ‘young child’, a noun use of the adjective infāns, originally ‘unable to speak’, which was formed from the negative prefix in …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• infantry — noun foot soldiers collectively. Derivatives infantryman noun (plural infantrymen). Origin C16: from Fr. infanterie, from Ital. infanteria, from infante youth, infantryman , from L. infant (see infant) …   English new terms dictionary

• infant — [14] Etymologically, an infant is ‘someone who cannot yet speak’. The word comes via Old French enfant from Latin infāns ‘young child’, a noun use of the adjective infāns, originally ‘unable to speak’, which was formed from the negative prefix in …   Word origins

• infantry — /ˈɪnfəntri / (say infuhntree) noun soldiers or military units that fight on foot, with bayonets, rifles, machine guns, grenades, mortars, etc. {French infanterie, from Italian infanteria, from infante youth, foot soldier. See infant} …  

• infantry — n. (pl. ies) a body of soldiers who march and fight on foot; foot soldiers collectively. Etymology: F infanterie f. It. infanteria f. infante youth, infantryman (as INFANT) …   Useful english dictionary

• United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …   Universalium