mounted+soldier

  • 111Cossack — Cos•sack [[t]ˈkɒs æk, ək[/t]] n. 1) peo a member of any of a number of self governing communities of varied ethnic affiliation that developed on the S and E frontiers of the Muscovite state and Poland Lithuania after c1400: all were eventually… …

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  • 112knight — [[t]naɪt[/t]] n. 1) why (in the Middle Ages) a) a mounted soldier serving under a feudal superior b) a man, usu. of noble birth, who after serving as page and squire was raised to honorable military rank and bound to chivalrous conduct 2) any… …

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  • 113cavalier — /kævəˈlɪə / (say kavuh lear) noun 1. (formerly) a horseman, especially a mounted soldier; a knight. 2. (especially formerly) one having the spirit or bearing of a knight; a courtly gentleman; a gallant. –adjective 3. haughty, disdainful, or… …

  • 114jennet — /ˈdʒɛnət/ (say jenuht) noun 1. a small Spanish horse. 2. a female donkey; jenny. 3. → hinny. Also, genet, gennet. {Middle English genett, from Old French genet, from Spanish jinete mounted soldier, horse, from Arabic Zenāta, name of a Berber… …

  • 115knight — /naɪt / (say nuyt) noun 1. (in medieval Europe) a. (originally) a mounted soldier serving under a feudal superior. b. (later) a man, usually of noble birth, who, after an apprenticeship as page and squire, was raised to honourable military rank… …

  • 116cavalier — [16] Etymologically, a cavalier is a ‘horseman’. The word comes via French cavalier from Italian cavaliere, which was derived from Latin caballus ‘horse’, either directly or via late Latin caballārius ‘horseman, rider’. From the beginning in… …

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  • 117dragoon — [drə go͞on′] n. [Fr dragon (see DRAGON): ? so called from their fire breathing weapons] 1. Historical a) a mounted soldier armed with a short musket (called a dragon), capable of fighting on horseback or on foot b) a heavily armed cavalryman 2. a …

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  • 118jennet — [jen′et΄, jen′it] n. [ME genett < MFr genette < Sp jinete, horseman, mounted soldier < Ar Zenāta, a tribe of Barbary] a female donkey …

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  • 119ranger — n. 1 a keeper of a royal or national park, or of a forest. 2 a member of a body of armed men, esp.: a a mounted soldier. b US a commando. 3 (Ranger) Brit. a senior Guide. 4 a wanderer. Derivatives: rangership n …

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  • 120Ranger — n. 1 a keeper of a royal or national park, or of a forest. 2 a member of a body of armed men, esp.: a a mounted soldier. b US a commando. 3 (Ranger) Brit. a senior Guide. 4 a wanderer. Derivatives: rangership n …

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