cavalryman
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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
“The heat was suffocating,” a French cavalryman remembered.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
On 16th-century battlefields, formidable 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
World War II British agents send retired Calcutta cavalrymen to sink three German ships off the coast of Goa.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2020
Three years of combat experience tells Washburn that he is in trouble; Confederate cavalrymen have found his infantry.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
