infantryn.

/ˈɪnfəntri/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s infanterie, infantery, 1600s infantrie, ( infantree).

Etymology: < French infanterie, < Italian infanteria (Spanish infanteria , Portuguese infanteria ) foot-soldiery, < infante a youth, foot-soldier < Latin infāntem infant n.¹ For the development of the Italian infante compare the shortened form fante ‘a man or woman servant or attendant; also, a footman or soldier seruing on foot; also the knaue or varlet at cards’ (Florio); compare also the history of footman , groom , knave , knight , lad , etc. By Sylvester stressed /ɪnˈfæntərɪ/. Sense 2 is < infant n.¹ 1.

1. The body of foot-soldiers; foot-soldiers collectively; that part of an army which consists of men who march and manœuvre on foot and are armed with small arms, now a rifle. mounted infantry, soldiers who are mounted for the sake of transit, but who fight on foot. (Cf. dragoon n. in original sense.)

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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > infantry

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1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin vi. 350 By leauing thinfanterie of Italie infamous through all Europe.

1605 Famous Hist. Capt. Stukeley sig. L2^v All Portingalls braue Infantries slaine.

1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 237 Take away the middle people, & you take away the infantery, which is the nerue of an Armie.

1614 J. Sylvester Bethulia's Rescue ii. 428 Covering far and nigh, The Plains with Horse, Hills with Infanterie.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 575 That small infantry Warr'd on by Cranes.

1709 R. Steele & J. Addison Tatler No. 18. ⁋6 The private Gentlemen of the Infantry will be able to shift for themselves.

1847 G. P. R. James Convict xvi A small but compact body of infantry advanced at the charge with fixed bayonets.

1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine ii. 133 The Israelites were a nation of infantry.

figurative.1616 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor (rev. ed.) iii. v, in Wks. I. 39 Your poore Infanterie, your decay'd, ruinous, worme-eaten gentlemen of the round.

2. Infants collectively, or as a body. Now jocular.

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the world > people > person > child > [noun] > children collectively

young onec1384

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olive branch1655

little folk1689

little people1712

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small people1829

nurseryful1879

rising fives1968

1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. i. 6 No carefull Nurse would wet her watchfull eye, When any pang should gripe her infantry.

1634 A. Huish tr. Theodulph of Orleans in MS Bodl. Eng. Poet. e.56 126 All glorie, Laud, and Praise to Thee, Christ our Redeemer and our King; To whom the youngly Infantree Did their devout Hosanna sing.

1663 M. Nedham Disc. Schools 2 The little dirty Infantry, which swarms up and down in Alleys and Lanes.

1701 C. Wooley Two Years Jrnl. N.-Y. 88 If the case be so, the minors and infantry of the best Families might wish they had been born in Kent.

1847 Blackwood's Mag. 62 264/1 The swarms of bare-legged and flaxen-haired infantry.

1863 Reader 1 Aug. 100 There was one A.B.C. book, or pretty nearly one, for the whole ‘infantry’ of the country.

Compounds

attributive, as infantry brigade, infantry corps, infantry regiment, etc.

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1813 Duke of Wellington Let. to Sir G. Collier 19 Aug. in Dispatches (1838) XI. 15 A letter..directing that the Infantry now in the horse ships at Bilbao may be removed to the Infantry ships.

1897 Daily News 15 Mar. 6/5 The Mounted Infantry Corps, now an established and highly valued arm of the Service.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	infantry
释义	infantryn. /ˈɪnfəntri/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s infanterie, infantery, 1600s infantrie, ( infantree). Etymology: < French infanterie, < Italian infanteria (Spanish infanteria , Portuguese infanteria ) foot-soldiery, < infante a youth, foot-soldier < Latin infāntem infant n.¹ For the development of the Italian infante compare the shortened form fante ‘a man or woman servant or attendant; also, a footman or soldier seruing on foot; also the knaue or varlet at cards’ (Florio); compare also the history of footman , groom , knave , knight , lad , etc. By Sylvester stressed /ɪnˈfæntərɪ/. Sense 2 is < infant n.¹ 1. 1. The body of foot-soldiers; foot-soldiers collectively; that part of an army which consists of men who march and manœuvre on foot and are armed with small arms, now a rifle. mounted infantry, soldiers who are mounted for the sake of transit, but who fight on foot. (Cf. dragoon n. in original sense.) ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > infantry foot folkc1325 pedaile?a1400 putaylea1425 foot band1517 fanterie1575 foot1578 foot troop1579 infantry1579 tolpatchery1864 PBI1916 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin vi. 350 By leauing thinfanterie of Italie infamous through all Europe. 1605 Famous Hist. Capt. Stukeley sig. L2^v All Portingalls braue Infantries slaine. 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 237 Take away the middle people, & you take away the infantery, which is the nerue of an Armie. 1614 J. Sylvester Bethulia's Rescue ii. 428 Covering far and nigh, The Plains with Horse, Hills with Infanterie. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 575 That small infantry Warr'd on by Cranes. View more context for this quotation 1709 R. Steele & J. Addison Tatler No. 18. ⁋6 The private Gentlemen of the Infantry will be able to shift for themselves. 1847 G. P. R. James Convict xvi A small but compact body of infantry advanced at the charge with fixed bayonets. 1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine ii. 133 The Israelites were a nation of infantry. figurative.1616 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor (rev. ed.) iii. v, in Wks. I. 39 Your poore Infanterie, your decay'd, ruinous, worme-eaten gentlemen of the round. 2. Infants collectively, or as a body. Now jocular. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > child > [noun] > children collectively young onec1384 infancy1609 infantry1616 olive plants1616 olive branch1655 little folk1689 little people1712 brattery1783 small people1829 nurseryful1879 rising fives1968 1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. i. 6 No carefull Nurse would wet her watchfull eye, When any pang should gripe her infantry. 1634 A. Huish tr. Theodulph of Orleans in MS Bodl. Eng. Poet. e.56 126 All glorie, Laud, and Praise to Thee, Christ our Redeemer and our King; To whom the youngly Infantree Did their devout Hosanna sing. 1663 M. Nedham Disc. Schools 2 The little dirty Infantry, which swarms up and down in Alleys and Lanes. 1701 C. Wooley Two Years Jrnl. N.-Y. 88 If the case be so, the minors and infantry of the best Families might wish they had been born in Kent. 1847 Blackwood's Mag. 62 264/1 The swarms of bare-legged and flaxen-haired infantry. 1863 Reader 1 Aug. 100 There was one A.B.C. book, or pretty nearly one, for the whole ‘infantry’ of the country. Compounds attributive, as infantry brigade, infantry corps, infantry regiment, etc. ΚΠ 1813 Duke of Wellington Let. to Sir G. Collier 19 Aug. in Dispatches (1838) XI. 15 A letter..directing that the Infantry now in the horse ships at Bilbao may be removed to the Infantry ships. 1897 Daily News 15 Mar. 6/5 The Mounted Infantry Corps, now an established and highly valued arm of the Service. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1579
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