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

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

There are proud mutterings of hussars, lancers, and Royal Scots Greys, tones of awe for the Panzergrenadiers.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Green Huntsman is the account of what happens to a -wealthy young Parisian of republican sympathies and aristocratic tastes during a tour as a second lieutenant of lancers in the provincial city of Nancy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ser Jacelyn Bywater went in front, heading a wedge of mounted lancers in black ringmail and golden cloaks.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin