lancers
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In a stark contrast to Roman tactics, Persia relied on cavalry instead of infantry, including both heavy, armored lancers and highly mobile mounted bowmen.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
Escorted by his clattering honor guard of Moorish lancers in a driving rain, El Caudillo took his stance on a lofty tribune.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Mounted lancers fell in, ahead of and behind the President's car.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Modern cavalrymen are more like the old mounted infantry than traditional lancers, seldom or never fire from horseback, carry not a single sabre.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Once a company of lancers appeared, but they turned southward.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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