The cavalry is the part of an army that uses armoured vehicles for fighting.
The Cavalry were exercising on Salisbury Plain.
...the U.S. Army's 1st Cavalry Division.
2. singular noun
The cavalry is the group of soldiers in an army who ride horses.
...a young cavalry officer.
More Synonyms of cavalry
cavalry in British English
(ˈkævəlrɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-ries
1.
(esp formerly) the part of an army composed of mounted troops
2.
the armoured element of a modern army
3.
(as modifier)
a cavalry unit
a cavalry charge
Derived forms
cavalryman (ˈcavalryman)
noun
Word origin
C16: from French cavallerie, from Italian cavalleria, from cavaliere horseman; see cavalier
cavalry in American English
(ˈkævəlri)
nounWord forms: pluralˈcavalries
combat troops mounted originally on horses but now often riding in motorized armored vehicles
Derived forms
cavalryman (ˈcavalryman) (ˈkævəlrimən)
nounWord forms: pluralˈcavalrymen (ˈkævəlrimən)
Word origin
Fr cavalerie < It cavalleria < cavaliere: see cavalier
Examples of 'cavalry' in a sentence
cavalry
The nature of this cavalry charge will suit him perfectly.
The Sun (2012)
The battle to take it saw the last cavalry charge and the first use of tanks.
The Sun (2006)
The battle is often referred to as the last successful cavalry charge in history.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The note makes clear the restructuring will help end the practice of giving cavalry and infantry officers the top jobs.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Then the cavalry began to arrive.
Frankie Dettori with Jonathan Powell FRANKIE: The Autobiography of Frankie Dettori (2004)
Then they crashed into the French cavalry near the ridge.
Malcolm Balen A Model Victory (2005)
The remaining British cavalry squadrons now charged.
Henderson, Diana M The Scottish Regiments (1993)
The number of French cavalry losses has not been established.
Andrew Roberts, Series edited by Lisa Jardine and Amanda Foreman WATERLOO: Napoleon's Last Gamble (2005)
As if by magic, the cavalry arrive.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The French cavalry had come streaming back and once again the conflict might go either way.
Iain Gale Man of Honour (2007)
All sides began the war using cavalry units, which were seen as an essential element of a military force.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
On a day in which the British cavalry received mixed reviews he did his job effectively and performed very well.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Only it was the British cavalry.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He served as an officer in the cavalry and for a couple of years his poster collection lay in his Berlin attic.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
A junior officer of French cavalry entered.
Iain Gale Man of Honour (2007)
All the time I was wondering how much longer we could hold on until the cavalry arrived.
Frankie Dettori with Jonathan Powell FRANKIE: The Autobiography of Frankie Dettori (2004)
The duty of the British infantry was now to stave off increasingly heavy attacks from cavalry, infantry and artillery.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Attitudes to the custom of promotion by purchase, permitted in the cavalry and infantry but not in the artillery or engineers, appear incredible today.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I was with an armoured cavalry unit, whose job it was to breach the insurgents' defences then carry out house clearances.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
A Cavalry officer is given the task of taking them back to the barren reservation, and soon comes to sympathise with them.
The Sun (2010)
In other languages
cavalry
British English: cavalry NOUN
The cavalry is the part of an army that uses armoured vehicles for fighting.
The Cavalry were exercising on the plain.
American English: cavalry
Brazilian Portuguese: cavalaria
Chinese: 装甲部队
European Spanish: caballería
French: cavalerie
German: Kavallerie
Italian: cavalleria
Japanese: 機甲隊
Korean: 기갑 부대
European Portuguese: cavalaria
Latin American Spanish: caballería
All related terms of 'cavalry'
cavalry twill
a strong woollen twill fabric used for trousers , etc
cavalry charge
a charge by mounted troops
cavalry officer
an officer in a cavalry regiment
Household Cavalry
→ the Household Cavalry
the Household Cavalry
a group of British soldiers on horseback who have the job of protecting the king or queen and their family
(noun)
Definition
the part of an army originally mounted on horseback, but now often using fast armoured vehicles
They were the best-mounted cavalry in all the world.