infantrymen

noun

plural of infantryman
as in cavalrymen

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infantrymen
  1. soldiers
  2. foot soldiers
  3. raiders
  4. cavaliers
  5. warriors
  6. grunts
Noun
  • The soldiers killed in Jordan were identified by the Defense Department as Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
  • With 18 deaths and nearly 100 soldiers injured, the Pentagon is also under pressure to address the impact to US troops.
    — J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of soldiers
Noun
  • Barton’s pseudo-scholarship furnished Christian nationalists with valuable ammunition, but the movement needed foot soldiers.
    — Michael Luo, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
  • The result is child foot soldiers hired as hitmen, becoming both the perpetrators of crime and the victims of criminals.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 June 2026
Definition of foot soldiers
Noun
  • Known as the Danegeld, it was collected to pay Viking raiders to leave England alone.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • For decades, tomb raiders have pillaged sites across the country, selling them on the black market.
    — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
Definition of raiders
Noun
  • The young women and their cavaliers headed to L’Arc, a nightclub in Paris situated near the Shangri-La; there, the group continued their celebrations some hours later.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
Definition of cavaliers
Noun
  • This place has a mysterious spiritual atmosphere, shaped by the idea of sacred cosmic energy and stories of warriors who gained supernatural powers through intense training.
    — Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • In Tenet, warriors from the future punish the present because their world is ravaged by climate change caused by us, their ancestors.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 July 2026
Definition of warriors
Noun
  • Most fights consist of dealing with waves of basic grunts with the occasional bruiser or shooter thrown in to keep you on edge.
    — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 26 May 2026
  • The crowd erupted in hearty grunts and boos after the error.
    — Kendall Staton The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2026
Definition of grunts
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“Infantrymen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infantrymen. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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