cavalryman
Horse-riding warrior
A cavalryman is a soldier who fights on horseback, a member of the cavalry.
The term belongs mainly to historical contexts—wars before mechanization made mounted combat obsolete: Union cavalrymen pursued the retreating Confederate forces.
Modern cavalry units use armored vehicles, but their members are still sometimes called cavalrymen.
Mounted European light cavalry
- dragoonCavalryman or browbeat
- lancerMounted soldier with spear
- uhlanLance-bearing cavalry soldier
- cataphractFully armored horse soldier
chasseur · trooper · guidon · shako · pelisse · dolman · busby · yeomanry
Atop a steed
- saddleMounted rider's seat
- stirrupsSaddle-hung foot supports
- bridleEquine control harness
- reinsBit-attached steering straps
equestrian · rider · charger · courser · palfrey · spur · gallop · trot
hussar
Mounted European light cavalry
cataphract · chasseur · trooper · guidon · shako · pelisse · dolman · busby · yeomanry
horseback
Atop a steed
reins · equestrian · rider · charger · courser · palfrey · spur · gallop · trot · canter
charge
Cost or accusation
pistol · skirmish · flank · reconnaissance · scout · pursuit · raid · engagement · formation · melee
trooper
Mounted soldier or patroller
corporal · sergeant · lieutenant · captain · colonel · commander · recruit · veteran · enlisted · drill
- combatantssoldier, warrior, fighter, swordsman, spearman
- military rolessoldier, warrior, Praetorian Guard, sailor, Imperial Guard
- soldiersinfantryman, private, grenadier, grenadiers, fusilier
- warriorsfighter, knight, footsoldier, barbarian, samurai
- British soldierssoldier, private, corporal, sergeant, major
- cavalrydragoons, hussars, lancers, lancer, cuirassiers
cavalrymaninfantryman
Ground-based combat soldier
foot soldier · infantry · footman · grunt · doughboy
cavalrymanfoot soldier
Basic infantry combatant
infantryman · pikeman · musketeer · hoplite · legionary