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infantryman

[ in-fuh n-tree-muh n ]

/ ˈɪn fən tri mən /

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noun, plural in·fan·try·men.

a soldier of the infantry.

Origin of infantryman

First recorded in 1880–85; infantry + man¹

usage note for infantryman

See -man.

Words nearby infantryman

infantilism, infantilize, infantine, infantry, infantry fighting vehicle, infantryman, infants' school, infarct, infarction, infare, infatuate

Example sentences from the Web for infantryman

As an infantryman, Vince fought in Ramadi between 2005 and 2007, some bloody years.

War Nostalgia Is Leading Veterans to Places Like Syria. One Went Missing There. |Elliot Ackerman |May 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I make peace as best as an infantryman can be expected to do under the circumstances and leave for my favorite bar.

After War: Anger, Panic, and Sometimes Peace |Benjamin Tupper |June 26, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
He spent 25 months in Iraq as an infantryman and has written for Deadspin, Attackerman, The New Republic, and One Year in Texas.

The Spy Who Interviewed Me |Scott Beauchamp |June 30, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
He had done well enough to become a Star Man, finishing 43rd in his class, and was intent on becoming an infantryman.

The Making of General Petraeus |David Cloud, Greg Jaffe |June 24, 2010 |DAILY BEAST

Saw the faint outline of a German infantryman walking along the road.

Dave Dawson with the Commandos |R. Sidney Bowen
When the cavalryman cannot gallop under fire, the infantryman cannot march under it.

Battle Studies |Charles-Jean-Jacques-Joseph Ardant du Picq
They ain't givin' us a infantryman's chance, but maybe we can do some dodgin'!

Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930 |Victor Rousseau
That is an infantryman's game, and while extremely hazardous, the men in the trenches have a sporting chance.

Prairie Gold |Various
Is the work that never shows at all, the work of the infantryman.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, January 31, 1917 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for infantryman

infantryman

/ (ˈɪnfəntrɪmən) /

noun plural -men

a soldier belonging to the infantry