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- noun Plural form of
cavalryman .
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Examples
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They dubbed the cavalrymen “Grub scout,” “Kitchen ranger,” “Bomb Proof,” “Buttermilk spies,” and “Loonies.”
Cavalryman of the Lost Cause Jeffry D. Wert 2008
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They dubbed the cavalrymen “Grub scout,” “Kitchen ranger,” “Bomb Proof,” “Buttermilk spies,” and “Loonies.”
Cavalryman of the Lost Cause Jeffry D. Wert 2008
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Then soft and mellow over canon and mesa and butte floated the bugle-call, recalling the cavalrymen to the guidon.
The Round-Up A romance of Arizona novelized from Edmund Day's melodrama Edmund Day 1894
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The sudden appearance of the Texan riflemen outside the Alamo look Urrea by surprise, but he was quick of perception and action, and his cavalrymen were the best in the Mexican army.
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a system which facilitated the mounted riflemen in going effectively into action; and at that time all of our so-called cavalrymen were mounted riflemen.
Recollections of a Virginian in the Mexican, Indian, and Civil wars, 1894
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I know that a number of prisoners fell into the enemy's hands who did not belong to my command: such as cavalrymen on details to get fresh horses, soldiers on leave of absence, conscripts on special details, citizens not in the service, men employed in getting supplies for the departments, and stragglers and deserters from other commands.
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We filled three nose-bags, such as cavalrymen feed horses in, with paper packages and bottles of quinine.
How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion or, The Funny Experiences of a Raw Recruit - 1887 1878
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The world's largest manufacturer of heavy trucks Japanese company Isuzu his first compressor called Isuzu Trooper (translated "cavalrymen"), built in 1981.
Autoblog Green 2010
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In four years, it had a hundred cavalrymen in uniform with another thirty-six being trained and a waiting list of more wanting to join.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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When I was on the march toward the Red Sea, among the escort of Jewish cavalrymen who accompanied us was a certain Mosollamus Hebrew Meshullam, a very intelligent man, robust, and by common consent, the very best of bowmen, whether Greek or barbarian.
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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