Horse-soldier

  • 81Kern (soldier) — A Kern was a Gaelic soldier, specifically a light infantryman during the Middle Ages. Linguistic rootsThe term is from the word Middle Irish word Ceithern or Ceitherne , exists earlier as Ceithernn , and designated levied warbands used in Gaelic… …

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  • 82Masked Marvel (horse) — Masked Marvel Sire Montjeu Grandsire Sadler s Wells Dam Waldmark Damsire Mark of Esteem Sex Stallion …

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  • 83War horse — War War, n. [OE. & AS. werre; akin to OHG. werra scandal, quarrel, sedition, werran to confound, mix, D. warren, G. wirren, verwirren, to embroil, confound, disturb, and perhaps to E. worse; cf. OF. werre war, F. querre, of Teutonic origin. Cf.… …

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  • 842/1st Nottinghamshire Battery Royal Horse Artillery — Infobox Military Unit unit name=2/1st Nottinghamshire Battery, Royal Horse Artillery (Territorial Force) caption= dates=6 March1915 1919 country=Britain allegiance=British Empire branch=Royal Artillery type= Horse Artillery until 1917, then Field …

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  • 85war horse — Synonyms and related words: Houyhnhnm, Tammany man, beldam, brood mare, campaigner, charger, colt, courser, critter, crone, dame, dobbin, dowager, entire, entire horse, equine, filly, foal, frump, gelding, grandam, grandmother, granny, hag, horse …

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  • 86foot soldier — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms foot soldier : singular foot soldier plural foot soldiers 1) a soldier who fights on foot, not on a horse or in a vehicle 2) someone with a junior position in a company, whose job is to do necessary but boring… …

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  • 87war-horse — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a horse used in war; especially : a powerful horse for military service : charger 2. : a veteran soldier or public person (as a politician) : an old campaigner, leader, or partisan who has had a stormy but successful career 3 …

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  • 88Post horse — Post Post, n. [F. poste, LL. posta station, post (where horses were kept), properly, a fixed or set place, fem. fr. L. positus placed, p. p. of ponere. See {Position}, and cf. {Post} a pillar.] 1. The place at which anything is stopped, placed,… …

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  • 89Foot soldier — Foot Foot (f[oo^]t), n.; pl. {Feet} (f[=e]t). [OE. fot, foot, pl. fet, feet. AS. f[=o]t, pl. f[=e]t; akin to D. voet, OHG. fuoz, G. fuss, Icel. f[=o]tr, Sw. fot, Dan. fod, Goth. f[=o]tus, L. pes, Gr. poy s, Skr. p[=a]d, Icel. fet step, pace… …

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  • 90foot soldier — foot ,soldier noun count 1. ) a soldier who fights on foot, not on a horse or in a vehicle 2. ) someone with a junior position in a company, whose job is to do necessary but boring work …

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