[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

infantry \in"fantry\, 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 children. obs. --b. jonson.
      1913 webster

   2. mil. a body of soldiers serving on foot; foot soldiers,
      in distinction from cavalry.
      1913 webster
see also:
infant cavalry 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

infantry
     n : an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot;
         "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed
         foot" syn: foot
see also:
foot 

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