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cavalry

noun as in troops riding horses

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When war came in April 1898, he accepted a commission in a volunteer cavalry regiment.

But with Finn Russell, Sione Tuipulotu, and other cavalry to come back into their side, too, Scotland will face the Haka next week with more confidence of a win than ever before.

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The Lakota leader Sitting Bull defeated George Custer’s cavalry, but a sustained conflict with American forces proved ruinous.

The soldier wears a fur pelisse and holds a cymbal, which meant he was very likely to have belonged to a cavalry regiment, Ms Lavelle said.

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“We’re building these bridges to allow the cavalry to come up with the transmission or other pieces of the puzzle that they may need to provide power.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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