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Definitions: Cavalry |
CavalryNoun1. Troops trained to fight on horseback: "500 horse led the attack". 2. A highly mobile army unit. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cavalry" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Etymology: Cavalry \Cav"al*ry\, noun. [French expression cavalerie, from Italian cavalleria. See Cavalier, and compare to chivalry.]. (Websters 1913) |
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19th Century Satire | That arm of the military service that engages in the real hoss-tilities. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream that you see a division of cavalry, denotes personal advancement and distinction. Some little sensation may accompany your elevation. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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Synonyms: CavalrySynonyms: horse (n), horse cavalry (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Combatant | Horse and foot; horse soldier; cavalry, horse, artillery, horse artillery, light horse, voltigeur, uhlan,mounted rifles, dragoon, hussar; light dragoon, heavy dragoon; heavy; cuirassier; Foot Guards, Horse Guards. |
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Crosswords: Cavalry |
| English words defined with "cavalry": Battle of Little Bighorn, Battle of the Little Bighorn, Boots and saddles ♦ Callot, Caltrap, cavalry horse, cavalry sword, charge, Chasseur, cheval-de-frise, chevaux-de-frise, Chivachie, Cossack, Custer's Last Stand ♦ dash, Demilancer, dismounted ♦ Earl marshal of Scotland, elan, English cavalry saddle, Every now and then ♦ flair ♦ Gens d'armes, Guidon ♦ Horse artillery, horse cavalry, Horse Guards, Horse marine, hussar ♦ Little Bighorn ♦ mechanized cavalry ♦ panache ♦ Rough Rider ♦ Sabretasche, Shabrack, Spahee, squadron, style ♦ troop ♦ Uhlan ♦ War horse, Watering call ♦ yeomanry, Yeomanry cavalry. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "cavalry": Awkward Squad ♦ Cavalry, cavalry bone, cavalry twill ♦ Dogs ♦ FOOT WABBLER ♦ Heavies, Hoblers, Horse, ♦ Light Troops ♦ Siege. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "cavalry": Cavalcade, Chivalry. (references) |
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Screenplays | Indians riding Cavalry mounts? (In Pursuit of Honor; writing credit: Dennis Lynton Clark) The cavalry is here. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) I am going to be killed responsibly, on horseback, as a compliment to the cavalry. (The Duellists; writing credit: Joseph Conrad; Gerald Vaughan-Hughes) | |
Lyrics | 'Til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again. (The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down; performing artist: Joan Baez) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Cavalry Command (1963) 7th Cavalry (1956) Cavalry Scout (1951) Here Comes the Cavalry (1941) Cavalry (1936) | |
Song Titles | Donald McGallivry/ O'Neill's Cavalry March (performing artist: Silly Wizard) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | South end of Fort Meade near Cavalry Jumps.Credit: Merv Coleman. |  | Cavalry Jumps at south end of Fort Meade.Credit: Merv Coleman. |
 | [Camp of 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry, near Petersburg].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Two Soviet Navy officers talking with a member of the boat group from USS Talladega (APA-208) on the beach at Yokohama, 2 September 1945. Talladega was then landing troops from the U.S. Army's First Cavalry Division for occupation duty in Japan. Note pistol holster worn by Soviet officer at left.Credit: NAVY. |
 | At Mayport, Florida, in August 1965, just prior to departing for Vietnam with elements of the Army's First Cavalry Division on board. She carried 1200 personnel, 205 helicopters and 6 OV-1 airplanes to the combat zone. Aircraft on her flight deck include 6 OV-1 (dark colored-forward); 4 CH-54 (white-just forward of island); 56 CH-47 (dark colored-amidships and aft) and 36 UH-1 (white-amidships and forward). The remaining 109 helicopters are presumably stowed on Boxer's hangar deck.Credit: NAVY. |  | Mid-day mess, 6th Regt. cavalry.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Battle scene with charging cavalry and artillery.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Cavalry riding to assistance of other soldiers at ruins of church; dead men lie in foreground.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | 6th U.S. Cavalry honoring Count Waldersee on his arrival--between Chien-men and Ta-ching-men Gates--Peking, China.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Portrait of a musician, 2d Regulars, U.S. Cavalry.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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 | Stampede; stampeding; horse; cavalry; . |
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Emily Dickinson | To fight aloud is very brave, but gallanter, I know, who charge within the bosom, the Cavalry of Woe. |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The following units may each have their own depot: An Infantry regiment; A Cavalry regiment; A regiment of Field Artillery; A battalion of Pioneers. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The last was Guy Etienne Alexandre, who was a cavalry colonel, and held some rank in the light horse of Brittany. |
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Economic History | Paraguay | With about 9,000 personnel, it is organized into three corps, with six infantry divisions and three cavalry divisions. (references) |
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Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | The nature of that country requires indispensably that an unusual proportion of the force employed there should be cavalry or mounted infantry. |
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| "Cavalry" is generally used as a noun (common) -- approximately 99.82% of the time. "Cavalry" is used about 560 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (common) | 99.82% | 559 | 11,197 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.18% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 560 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Cavalry Bancorp, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "cavalry": armored cavalry ♦ armored cavalry regiment ♦ armoured cavalry ♦ armoured cavalry regiment ♦ cavalry bone ♦ cavalry captain ♦ cavalry charge ♦ cavalry horse ♦ cavalry major ♦ cavalry officer ♦ cavalry squadron ♦ cavalry sword ♦ cavalry twill ♦ english cavalry saddle ♦ Heavy cavalry ♦ horse cavalry ♦ Light cavalry ♦ mechanized cavalry ♦ yeomanry cavalry. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "cavalry": cavalry-owning, cavalry-sword, cavalry-twill, cavalry-twilled. | |
Ending with "cavalry": ex-cavalry. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
us cavalry | 170 | cavalry uniform | 13 |
cavalry | 127 | 3 7 cavalry | 12 |
3rd armored cavalry regiment | 73 | first cavalry division | 11 |
7th cavalry | 65 | 2nd armored cavalry | 11 |
1st cavalry division | 45 | cavalry saddle | 11 |
u.s cavalry | 36 | 7th cavalry us | 10 |
cavalry investment | 36 | horse cavalry | 10 |
37th cavalry | 33 | cavalry weapon | 10 |
bank cavalry | 30 | first cavalry | 10 |
cavalry banking | 25 | 1st air cavalry division | 10 |
1st cavalry | 24 | 11th armored cavalry | 9 |
us cavalry store | 22 | arms cavalry | 9 |
2nd armored cavalry regiment | 22 | 16th cavalry | 8 |
cavalry scout | 22 | armored cavalry | 8 |
cavalry hat | 21 | cavalry charge | 8 |
3rd armored cavalry | 19 | 11th armored cavalry regiment | 8 |
boot cavalry | 19 | cavalry chapel | 7 |
air cavalry | 18 | cavalry household | 7 |
cavalry store | 18 | cavalry saber | 7 |
civil war cavalry | 16 | cavalry spur | 7 |
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| Language | Translations for "cavalry"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | trupa kalorësie, kalorësi (chivalry, knighthood). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فرسان (horse, horsemen), سلاح الفرسان, جنود الفروسية, الفرسان (knighthood). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | конница, кавалерия (arme, sabers, sabres), кавалерийски. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 骑兵, 騎兵 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kavalérie, jezdectvo, jízda (drive, journey, passage, ride, run, trip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | cavalry twill (cavalry twill), kavalleri-twill (Cavalry twill), kavalleriben (cavalry bone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | paardenvolk, cavalerie (Inspector). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | kavalerio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | سواره نظام (Dragoon, Horse, Horseman, Yeomanry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ratsuväki. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | cavalerie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kavallerie (horse), reiterei (horse, riding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ιππικό. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | חיל "פרשים. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | lovasság (arme blanche, horse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kavaleri. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cavalleria (chivalry, gallantry, horse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 騎兵 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きどうせい, きへいたい, きへい (commandos). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 기갑부대. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | marksleih (horse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | avalrycay cavalaria. (various references) cavalerie (horse, horsemen). (various references) конница, кавалерия (arme). (various references) eachraidh (stud of horses). (various references) konjica, konjički (mounted). (various references) caballería (chivalry, horse, knightage, knighthood, yeomanry). (various references) kavalleri (horse). (various references) ทหารม้า (cavalryman, dragoon). (various references) süvari sınıfı, süvari (cavalier, cavalryman, Chevalier, man-at-arms, mounted troops). (various references) кінота, кавалерія (horse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | eques, equitatu, equitatui, equitatum, equitatus, equitem, equites, equitibus, equitis, equitum, equitumque. (various references) |
| Italian | 900-Modern | cavalleria. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cavalry": cavalryman, cavalrymen. (additional references) | |
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"Cavalry" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: calvalry, Calveley, Calvely, Cauvary, Cavaleri, cavally, cavar, cavarly, cavelry, cavery, Cazaly, cevlar, chvalry, covary, Kaivalya, Mcivory. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cavalry" (pronounced ka"vulrē) |
| 5 | -v u l r ē | chivalry, revelry, rivalry. |
| 4 | -u l r ē | jewelry, riflery. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: calvary. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-l-r-v-y" | |
-2 letters: alary, arval, clary, craal, larva. | |
-3 letters: acyl, alar, aryl, carl, cavy, clay, lacy, lava, racy, raya, vara, vary. | |
-4 letters: aal, ala, arc, ava, car, cay, cry, lac, lar, lav, lay, ray, rya, vac, var, yar. | |
-5 letters: aa, al, ar, ay, la, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-l-r-v-y" | |
+3 letters: cavalierly, cavalryman, cavalrymen, slavocracy, vocabulary. | |
+4 letters: avuncularly, clairvoyant, vascularity. | |
+5 letters: attractively, avariciously, avascularity, avuncularity, cadaverously, clairvoyance, clairvoyants, vernacularly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 76 61 6C 72 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- ...- .- .-.. .-. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110110 01100001 01101100 01110010 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a v a l r y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0076 0061 006C 0072 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37678867788491 |
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