cavalry
Soldiers on horseback
Cavalry are soldiers who fight from horseback, or in modern warfare, from armored vehicles or helicopters.
The term preserves the mobile, rapid-strike role even as horses gave way to tanks: The cavalry arrived just in time.
Figuratively, the cavalry is any rescuing force that appears when things look desperate: Send in the cavalry.
Colonel-led military unit
- squadronMilitary aviation unit
- troopMobile group, organized
- brigadeLarge military unit
- divisionSplitting into parts
platoon · corps · dragoon · lancer · hussar · trooper · officer · scout
Curved cavalry blades
- lancersSoldiers with long weapons
- bugleValveless military horn
- thunderousExtremely loud, resounding
- hoovesUngulate foot coverings
dragoons · hussars · cuirassiers · onslaught · flank · advance · assault · melee
Titled warriors on horseback
- crusadesAggressive advocacy campaigns
- rough ridersSkilled wild horse trainers
- boyarSub-princely Russian noble
- uhlanLance-bearing cavalry soldier
Atop a steed
- equestrianRelating to horsemanship
- saddleMounted rider's seat
- stirrupsSaddle-hung foot supports
- bridleEquine control harness
gallop · canter · steed · charger · courser · warhorse · mare · stallion
Protected by metal covering
- tanksStorage vessels for liquids
- mechanizedPowered by machines
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
airmobile · scout · rapid deployment · mobile warfare · blitzkrieg · panzer · armored division
regiment
Colonel-led military unit
division · platoon · corps · dragoon · lancer · hussar · trooper · officer · scout · reconnaissance
sabers
Curved cavalry blades
- lancersSoldiers with long weapons
- bugleValveless military horn
- thunderousExtremely loud, resounding
hooves · dragoons · hussars · cuirassiers · onslaught · flank · advance · assault · melee · skirmish
knights
Titled warriors on horseback
- crusadesAggressive advocacy campaigns
- rough ridersSkilled wild horse trainers
- boyarSub-princely Russian noble
horseback
Atop a steed
- equestrianRelating to horsemanship
- saddleMounted rider's seat
- stirrupsSaddle-hung foot supports
bridle · gallop · canter · steed · charger · courser · warhorse · mare · stallion · gelding
armored
Protected by metal covering
- tanksStorage vessels for liquids
- mechanizedPowered by machines
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
helicopter · airmobile · scout · rapid deployment · mobile warfare · blitzkrieg · panzer · armored division
honor
High regard, moral dignity
- gallantryCourage, especially in combat
- valorCourage in danger
- knighthoodHonorary title of nobility
noble · heroism · code · loyalty · fealty · courage · bravery · duty · esprit de corps · brotherhood
- armyinfantry, soldiers, artillery, officers, colonels
- medieval warfareknights, siege warfare, castle, castle siege, siege
- historical warfaremusket, bayonet, cannon, flintlock, infantry
- military historybattles, soldiers, campaigns, officers, battlefields
- Early Modern Warfaremuskets, musketeers, pikemen, pikes, cannons
- medieval warriorsknights, soldiers, warriors, fighters, archers
cavalryinfantry
Ground combat troops
foot soldiers · infantryman · foot · ground troops · footmen
- cavalry chargesHorse-borne military advances
- armored cavalryTroops in combat vehicles
- mounted cavalry
- cavalry horseMilitary mount for soldiers
- Cleveland CavaliersOhio pro basketball team
- cavalry officerMounted military commander
cavalier, cavalcade, cavalryman, cavaliers, cavalierly, cavalrymen, cavalcades