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Arm
noun · 78% connection
A branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm was made efficient.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lances, carries, lance, member, mounted.
Attachment
noun · 78% connection
Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lances, carries, lance, member, mounted.
Barbaic
adjective · 78% connection
Of, or from, barbarian nations; foreign; -- often with reference to barbarous nations of east.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lances, carries, lance, member, mounted.
Blood
noun · 78% connection
the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets; "blood ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lances, carries, lance, member, mounted.
Carbine
noun · 78% connection
A short, light musket or rifle, esp. one used by mounted soldiers or cavalry.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lances, carries, lance, member, mounted.
Carry
verb · 78% connection
To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; as, a merchant is carrying…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lances, carries, lance, member, mounted.
Cheval-de-frise
noun · 78% connection
defensive structure consisting of a movable obstacle composed of barbed wire or spikes attached to a wooden frame; used to obstruct ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lances, carries, lance, member, mounted.
Chevaux-de-frise
noun · 78% connection
defensive structure consisting of a movable obstacle composed of barbed wire or spikes attached to a wooden frame; used to obstruct ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lances, carries, lance, member, mounted.
Chivalry
noun · 78% connection
A tenure of lands by knight's service; that is, by the condition of a knight's performing service on horseback, or of performing some…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lances, carries, lance, member, mounted.
Dragoon
noun · 78% connection
Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lances, carries, lance, member, mounted.
Escort
noun · 78% connection
A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lances, carries, lance, member, mounted.
Federate
adjective · 78% connection
United by compact, as sovereignties, states, or nations; joined in confederacy; leagued; confederate; as, federate nations.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lances, carries, lance, member, mounted.
Guidon
verb · 78% connection
A small flag or streamer, as that carried by cavalry, which is broad at one end and nearly pointed at the other, or that used to direc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lances, carries, lance, member, mounted.
Hobbler
noun · 78% connection
One who by his tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a h…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lances, carries, lance, member, mounted.
Horse
noun · 78% connection
Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished from foot.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lances, carries, lance, member, mounted.
Hussar
noun · 78% connection
Originally, one of the national cavalry of Hungary and Croatia; now, one of the light cavalry of European armies.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lances, carries, lance, member, mounted.
International
adjective · 78% connection
Between or among nations; pertaining to the intercourse of nations; participated in by two or more nations; common to, or affecting, t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lances, carries, lance, member, mounted.
Japhetic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, Japheth, one of the sons of Noah; as, Japhetic nations, the nations of Europe and Northern Asia; Japhe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lances, carries, lance, member, mounted.
