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Line :: Line (n.) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc..

Voltigeur :: Voltigeur (n.) One of a picked company of irregular riflemen in each regiment of the French infantry.

Infantry :: Infantry (n.) A body of children.

Bill :: Bill (n.) A weapon of infantry, in the 14th and 15th centuries. A common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at the back and another at the top, and attached to the end of a long staff..

Corporal :: Corporal (n.) A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the United States army he is the lowest noncommissioned officer in a company of infantry. He places and relieves sentinels..

Foot :: Foot (n.) Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry..

Janizary :: "Janizary (n.) A soldier of a privileged military class, which formed the nucleus of the Turkish infantry, but was suppressed in 1826..

Form :: Form (v. i.) To take a form, definite shape, or arrangement; as, the infantry should form in column..

Half-pike :: Half-pike (n.) A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a spontoon..

Scutum :: Scutum (n.) An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; -- carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry..

Mounted :: Mounted (a.) Seated or serving on horseback or similarly; as, mounted police; mounted infantry..

Division :: Division (n.) Two companies of infantry maneuvering as one subdivision of a battalion.

Chasseur :: Chasseur (n.) One of a body of light troops, cavalry or infantry, trained for rapid movements..

Equipment :: Equipment (n.) Whatever is used in equipping; necessaries for an expedition or voyage; the collective designation for the articles comprising an outfit; equipage; as, a railroad equipment (locomotives, cars, etc. ; for carrying on business); horse equipments; infantry equipments; naval equipments; laboratory equipments..

Orb :: Orb (n.) A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defense, esp. infantry to repel cavalry..

Troop :: Troop (n.) Specifically, a small body of cavalry, light horse, or dragoons, consisting usually of about sixty men, commanded by a captain; the unit of formation of cavalry, corresponding to the company in infantry. Formerly, also, a company of horse artillery; a battery..

Spook :: Spontoon (n.) A kind of half-pike, or halberd, formerly borne by inferior officers of the British infantry, and used in giving signals to the soldiers..

Foot Guards :: Foot Guards (pl.) Infantry soldiers belonging to select regiments called the Guards.

Yager :: Yager (n.) In the German army, one belonging to a body of light infantry armed with rifles, resembling the chasseur of the French army..

Hoplite :: Hoplite (n.) A heavy-armed infantry soldier.

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