| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | in·fan·try |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n f n-tr |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. in·fan·tries
1. The branch of an army made up of units trained to fight on foot. 2. Soldiers armed and trained to fight on foot: The general ordered his infantry to attack. 3. A unit, such as a regiment, of such soldiers: Company B of the 7th Infantry. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French infanterie, from Old French, from Old Italian infanteria, from infante, youth, foot soldier, from Latin  nf ns, nfant-, infant. See infant.
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