cavalry
/ˈkæ.vəl.ɹi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.80 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The branch of the military transported by fast light vehicles, also known as mechanized cavalry.
Countable
Example Sentences
- "Two hundred heavily-armed cavalry rode behind the Audley standard, while close at their heels came the Duke of Lancaster with a glittering train, heralds tabarded with the royal arms riding three deep upon cream-colored chargers in front of him."
- "call in the cavalry"
- ""We landed in their killbox?" "We did. I am sor... No, belay that. Heads down! Cavalry incoming!""
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *kaballosder.? Latin caballus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Late Latin caballāriusder. Old Occitan cavalierbor. Italian cavaliere ▲ Latin -ārius Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin -āriader. Italian -eria Italian cavalleriabor. Middle French cavaleriebor. English cavalry From Middle French cavalerie, in turn from Italian cavalleria. Recorded in English from the 1540s. Doublet of chivalry.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: cavalerie, cavalleria