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HORSE CAVALRY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An army unit mounted on horseback
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("horse cavalry" is a kind of...):
cavalry (a highly mobile army unit)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Troops trained to fight on horseback
Example:
500 horse led the attack
Synonyms:
cavalry; horse; horse cavalry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("horse cavalry" is a kind of...):
military personnel; soldiery; troops (soldiers collectively)
Meronyms (members of "horse cavalry"):
cavalryman; trooper (a soldier in a motorized army unit)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
