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INFANTRYMAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fights on foot with small arms
Synonyms:
foot soldier; footslogger; infantryman; marcher
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("infantryman" is a kind of...):
soldier (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "infantryman"):
fusilier ((formerly) a British infantryman armed with a light flintlock musket)
grenade thrower; grenadier (an infantryman equipped with grenades)
doughboy (an American infantryman in World War I)
musketeer (a foot soldier armed with a musket)