cavalry

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun troops trained to fight on horseback
  2. noun a highly mobile army unit

Etymology

From Middle French cavalerie, in turn from Italian cavalleria. Recorded in English from the 1540s. Doublet of chivalry.

In classic literature

Synonyms

horse cavalry, horse

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