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
These horse soldiers have the insignia, U. S., branded on the hoof of the left forefoot, and the other animals in camp, on the shoulder.
From The Human Side of Animals by Dixon, Royal
When our setting out was announced, we could hear the bugle sounding to arms, and see the horse soldiers galloping in all directions towards the parade upon Durdham-down.
From Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2 by Hunt, Henry
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)
