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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Courtenay Brown, Axios, 10 Mar. 2025
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—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Mar. 2025
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The club have had to navigate a taxing January fixture list, with an ailing squad still awaiting the cavalry.
—James McNicholas, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
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Courtenay Brown, Axios, 10 Mar. 2025
Bringing the parade to an end were some golden-age American muscle cars, some of which dutifully performed burnouts for the crowd, and a cavalry of horseback riders, including a couple of rodeo queens.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Mar. 2025
Rather than wait for the cavalry to arrive in the unlikely form of a bunch of hitherto untapped categories, the sales guys instead chopped the commercial running times in half, thereby making their inventory a great deal more affordable.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 Feb. 2025
The club have had to navigate a taxing January fixture list, with an ailing squad still awaiting the cavalry.
—James McNicholas, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Cavalry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cavalry. Accessed 22 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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