horse soldiers
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Ask one of these horse soldiers what he was doing on Dec. 7, 1941, and the answer is easy: it was Sunday, so he was playing polo.
From Time Magazine Archive
The faces of these old horse soldiers were lined, and stories were written on the lines.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cavalry is, of course, the name for horse soldiers, and the Italian word cavalleria, from which it comes, was itself derived from the Latin word caballus, "a horse."
From Stories That Words Tell Us by O'Neill, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Speakman)
He means that bandits who let themselves be caught by horse soldiers are idiots, and that soldiers who try to catch bandits on horseback have very little chance of getting at them.
From Colomba by Loyd, Lady Mary Sophia (Hely-Hutchinson)
In 1642, the year in which his son was created marquis, the young heir raised, supported, and commanded an army of 1,500 foot and near 500 horse soldiers.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
