INFANTRYMAN Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

infantryman

noun

Definition of infantryman

as in cavalryman

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Recent Examples of infantryman An Army spokesperson told Fox News Digital that Berry was an infantryman and Special Forces medical sergeant in the Army from 1992 to 2016, leaving the Army as a sergeant first class. — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026 Manhunt will be harder because of his training Berry was an infantryman and a special forces medical sergeant in the Army from 1992 to 2016, leaving the Army as a sergeant first class, according to Christopher Surridge, a US Army spokesperson. — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 6 May 2026 According to the Maryland National Guard, Collins was an infantryman who had served for more than nine years. — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026 There’s particular attention to the geography of the hill being fought over, and how intimate of a relationship the infantrymen have with this land. — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for infantryman

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Noun

On the corners are statues of an infantryman, sailor, artilleryman and cavalryman, each drawn from actual war dead.

— Bill Steiden, Des Moines Register, 24 Mar. 2026
The dismounted cavalryman is targeted in the second pass , leaving his mount unharmed.

— David Hambling, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026

Definition of cavalryman

Noun

Ormund seemingly isn’t scared to learn that enough soldiers to fill a basketball arena are about to bang down the door.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026
Saldaña plays Joe McNamara, a CIA station chief leading the covert Lioness unit, which recruits and trains female soldiers for global counter-terrorism missions, balancing this with a challenging family life.

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of soldier

Noun

At the Battle of White Plains on October 28, 1776, General George Washington’s soldiers were forced to retreat following an attack from a small contingent of British dragoons.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 July 2025
Burgoyne returned to duty as an aging dragoon captain, just in time to win fame at the cannon's mouth in the Seven Years' War, notably in Normandy and Brittany against the French, and on the Tagus River near Lisbon against the Spanish.

— / CBS News, CBS News, 13 June 2025

Definition of dragoon

Noun

Kelli, the ultimate foot soldier, deflects from Shamea’s wrongdoings by bringing up Angela’s accusation in Scotland that Shamea slept with George, whose wife, Ashley, is conveniently sitting next to them at the party.

— Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 27 July 2026
His mind for military strategy and his quiet but intense drive propelled him – a son of working-class Moroccan Jewish immigrants who grew up in the most remote corner of Israel – from foot soldier to army chief of staff.

— Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 24 June 2026

Definition of foot soldier

Noun

Pin behavior before agents touch the tangle, with characterization tests that record what the code actually does—ideal AI grunt work, incidentally.

— Evan J. Schwartz, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Bourdain was doing all of the grunt work at the Flagship, scrubbing pots and pans, scraping plates, peeling potatoes, and cleaning shrimp.

— Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of grunt

Noun

The raiders’ prisoners are saved by Titus, a young man on a mysterious quest of his own, but once Bria is freed from captivity, Titus leaves her to fend for herself in the wilderness.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026
Known as the Danegeld, it was collected to pay Viking raiders to leave England alone.

— Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

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