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cavalry
What does cavalry mean?
cavalry (noun): troops trained to fight on horseback.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use cavalry in a sentence?
How do you pronounce cavalry?
/ˈkævəlɹi/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does cavalry come from?
From Middle French cavalerie, in turn from Italian cavalleria.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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