infantryman
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈɪnfəntrimən/
:
infante
- He's just an 18-year-old infantryman serving in the military, ready to defend his country.
And then you go to basic training as an infantryman.
- And then you go to basic training as an infantryman.
- Combat arms is either some sort of infantryman, a SEAL, a Ranger, somebody right, that does that kind of work.
- And they don't visualize him as a heavy infantryman who fought in at least three major battles of the Peloponnesian War.
- Like if Norv Turner were freaking picking infantrymen, this would be it though.
- was that they would allow for pods to make decisions. So they would empower infantrymen and their direct
- So Ranger Regiment back then was, you know, they were the best trained airborne infantryman on the planet.
- Now he admits that this was maybe not the most rational decision, but was something they were just used to as infantrymen with the French.
Examples
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Pray for us, keep us in your thoughts, for an infantryman's life is never safe.
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The importance of the individual infantryman is beyond doubt.
Academic text (2002) -
Was your grandfather an infantryman?
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I had a favorite uncle who was an infantryman in Europe in WWII.
Blog text (20) -
Despite heavy enemy fire, a young infantryman rushes to the aid of his fallen sergeant.
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Maybe he served in Patton's Third Army as a combat infantryman.
Fiction book (1992) -
Because as an infantryman in the Army, I learned how to tolerate being treated poorly.
Blog text (6) -
"A veteran infantryman is a terrified infantryman," one member of the 5th Ranger Battalion recalled.
Academic text (2002) -
Scott Hakim, a Marine infantryman in combat, now attends Rutgers University.
Blog text (21) -
Despite heavy enemy fire, a young infantryman rushed to the aid of his fallen sergeant.
Synonyms
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1.1
A person who serves in an army and fights for their country
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2.0
A man who serves in the army or other armed forces
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3.8
A person who fights on foot or does basic work for a group
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4.9
A man who serves in the military but is not an officer
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2.6
A man who serves in the military
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4.9
A soldier who uses a rifle as their main weapon
A soldier who fights on foot, marching long distances with a heavy pack and gun
A woman soldier who fights on foot using a gun
How Armored
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Infantryman comes from infantry, a word that originally described 'young' or new soldiers and is related to infant. Over time infantry came to mean soldiers who fight 'on foot', so an infantryman is a soldier who fights on foot.