cavalry
noun
cav·al·ry
ˈka-vəl-rē 
nonstandard
ˈkal-və-rē
plural cavalries
1
a
: an army component mounted on horseback
b
: an army component moving in motor vehicles or helicopters and assigned to combat missions that require great mobility
2
: horsemen
a thousand cavalry in flight
Examples of cavalry in a Sentence
Cavalry is used to perform reconnaissance.
The cavalry were brought in to support the mission.
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He was shot during a cavalry charge during the the Siege of Savannah and died Oct. 11, 1779.
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
Rolling back to the times of the Russian Empire - complete with cavalry and drafting representatives of national minorities as cannon fodder.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Some of his favorite items include a defensive left-hand dagger from the 15th century and a Napoleonic cavalry saber.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
Detroit has lost its cavalry commander from the Last Great Newspaper War, the all-out mid-1980s battle for circulation in the last market outside New York where two newspapers still sold more than 650,000 copies a day.
—Tim Kiska, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
Rolling back to the times of the Russian Empire - complete with cavalry and drafting representatives of national minorities as cannon fodder.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Some of his favorite items include a defensive left-hand dagger from the 15th century and a Napoleonic cavalry saber.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
Detroit has lost its cavalry commander from the Last Great Newspaper War, the all-out mid-1980s battle for circulation in the last market outside New York where two newspapers still sold more than 650,000 copies a day.
—Tim Kiska, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for cavalry
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“Cavalry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cavalry. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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cavalry
noun
cav·al·ry
ˈkav-əl-rē
plural cavalries
: troops mounted on horseback or moving in motor vehicles or helicopters
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