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cavalryman

[kav-uhl-ree-muhn, -man] / ˈkæv əl ri mən, -ˌmæn /


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Reynolds shows a flamboyant cavalryman, leaning on his sword, his red coat unbuttoned to show his cream waistcoat and breeches.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 13, 2026

It took museum officials a couple of weeks to notice that the thumb was missing from a warrior known as the cavalryman.

From New York Times Apr. 19, 2023

While certainly a dynamic leader, and, Brian Steel Wills has argued, an expert cavalryman, perhaps even the Confederacy’s best, Forrest was certainly not a great commander.

From Slate Mar. 5, 2022

Munro went on to learn German in Stuttgart, studied a business course in London and served as a cavalryman in the Basuto War in southern Africa.

From BBC Mar. 18, 2019

There was not a cavalryman near, not one horse.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

On 16th-century battlefields, once-unstoppable armored cavalrymen were overwhelmed by groups of foot soldiers armed with long-barreled guns.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

Kornilov, a Siberian Cossack, appeared in public surrounded by a bodyguard of tribal Turkmen cavalrymen, and posters with his image adorned Moscow streets in 1917.

From New York Times Jun. 28, 2023

More than 100 horses and cavalrymen undergo a series of equestrian training exercises, including a ride-out on Holkham beach.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2022

Unseen Arab snipers hunt World War I British cavalrymen in the desert.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 4, 2019

Outside the barn, Conger, Baker, Doherty, and the cavalrymen tensed for action.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson




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