Definition of infantryman
: an infantry soldier
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After boot camp, most of the infantrymen deployed to Vietnam.
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In black-and-white school photos from the early ’60s, Trump can be seen in boots, sash and a plumed shako, like some Austro-Hungarian infantryman.
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Wong had been an Army infantryman who served a year in Afghanistan from 2011 to 2012.
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Her father later served as an infantryman in the German army.
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The recent tragedy at Yountville’s Pathway Home, where Army infantryman Albert Wong fatally shot two Pathway staff members, a VA clinical psychologist and himself, highlights the need to advance research to improve mental health treatment.
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Fashioned from walnut, maple and oak, it was said to have been created circa 1876 to honor John Bingham, a Union infantryman who had fallen at Antietam.
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Another concern is that while Iraqi and Afghan insurgents didn’t have battle armor, potential enemies such as Russian and Chinese infantrymen do.
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The smallest of them, the handheld Rifleman Radio, is supposed to be the infantryman's data link to the wider Army network.
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First Known Use of infantryman
1883
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Definition of infantryman for English Language Learners
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: a soldier who is in the infantry
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