Definition of Cavalry

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Definition of Cavalry
	Cavalry That part of military force which serves on horseback. Related Definitions: Force, Horseback, Military, Of, On, Part, That, Which

Cavalry Quotations

We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre.
Dick Gregory

There are not enough Indians in the world to defeat the Seventh Cavalry.
George Armstrong Custer

It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.
Adlai E. Stevenson

By the last returns to the Department of War the militia force of the several States may be estimated at 800,000 men - infantry, artillery, and cavalry.
James Monroe

Of course no one thought of anything except of attacking the enemy. It lies in the instinct of every German to rush at the enemy wherever he meets him, particularly if he meets hostile cavalry.
Manfred von Richthofen

There had so lately been a large force of Spanish cavalry at the village, which had made a great impression on the minds of the young men, as to their power, consequence, which my appearance with 20 infantry was by no means calculated to remove.
Zebulon Pike

In front of us was not a line but a fortress position, twenty miles deep, entrenched and fortified, defended by masses of machine-gun posts and thousands of guns in a wide arc. No chance for cavalry!
Philip Gibbs

It is remarkable that this people, though unarmed, dares attack an armed foe; the infantry defy the cavalry, and by their activity and courage generally prove victors.
Giraldus Cambrensis

If the regulars are to be put together, I believe they would prefer me to the other Cavalry Commanders.
John Buford

Cavalry Translations

cavalry in Dutch is paardenvolk, ruiterij, cavalerie
cavalry in French is cavalerie
cavalry in German is Reiterei, Kavallerie
cavalry in Italian is cavalleria
cavalry in Latin is equitatus
cavalry in Portuguese is cavalaria
cavalry in Swedish is kavalleri

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