Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

footsoldiery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: foot-sol-diery
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Foot soldiers collectively.

Example Sentences

"Two soldiers have been selected here from Roman bas-reliefs, which give a fair idea of the general appearance of the footsoldiery of their legions."
"The previous distinction between mounted Ba'ni cavalry and BaNten footsoldiery had apparently lost its significance by this point."

Etymology

From foot + soldiery.

Questions

What does footsoldiery mean?: Foot soldiers collectively.
Where does footsoldiery come from?: From foot + soldiery.

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