Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

light infantry

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.94 in modern English

Syllables: light in-fantry
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Ground combat soldiers who are not mechanized, and whose role is to harass the enemy in front of the main body of infantry.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Bedbugs or fleas.

Archaic; Countable; Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Our bed was a waterproof sheet on the bare stone-floors, and as the convent swarmed with fleas of all sizes, from the heavy dragoon down to the light infantry, there was no fear of a sentry sleeping on his post."
"The affair began by a skirmishing of the fleas, who acted as cavalry; then came the main body of lice, followed by the light infantry of bedbugs, to the number of forty thousand."
"What they dealt with in giving nursing care was in addition to the constant influx of lice, the “light infantry” of fleas, frequent harassment by droves of huge rats, earthquakes, the fickle weather of the Russian winter, […]"

Usage

Inflected Forms

light infantries (plural)

Questions

What does light infantry mean?: Ground combat soldiers who are not mechanized, and whose role is to harass the enemy in front of the main body of infantry.

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