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cavalryman

[kav-uhl-ree-muhn, -man] / ˈkæv əl ri mən, -ˌmæn /


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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

There was not a cavalryman near, not one horse.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

On 16th-century battlefields, once-unstoppable 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

Unseen Arab snipers hunt World War I British cavalrymen in the desert.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2019

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




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