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Trooper

A soldier in a body of cavalry; a cavalryman; also, the horse of a cavalryman.

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Cavalryman 76% connected

One of a body of cavalry.

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Cuirassier 76% connected

A soldier armed with a cuirass.

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Dragoon 76% connected

Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man.

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Hussar 76% connected

Originally, one of the national cavalry of Hungary and Croatia; now, one of the light cavalry of European armies.

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Lancer 76% connected

One who lances; one who carries a lance; especially, a member of a mounted body of men armed with lances, attached to the cavalry service of some nat…

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Officer 76% connected

One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police office…

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Soldier 76% connected

One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants.

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Cavalry 70% connected

That part of military force which serves on horseback.

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Horse 70% connected

A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus; especially, the domestic horse (E. caballus), which was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at a very early period.…

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