cavalrymen
Horse-borne warriors
Cavalrymen is the plural of cavalryman, a soldier who fights on horseback or, in modern military usage, from armored vehicles or helicopters.
Historically, cavalrymen formed elite units prized for their mobility and shock tactics in battle.
The term persists in military unit names even where horses have long been replaced by tanks and aircraft.
The cavalrymen charged across the open field.
Fast-moving mounted soldiers
- dragoonsCompels by intimidation
- cuirassiersArmored cavalry troops
- lancersSoldiers with long weapons
- carabiniersCavalry armed with carbines
knights · chevaliers · yeomanry · rough riders · chasseurs · praetorians
Swiftest quadruped gait
- lanceLong thrusting weapon
- sabreCurved single-edged sword
- trumpetValved brass wind instrument
- bugleValveless military horn
thundering · hooves · steed · pennant · plume · onslaught · advance · volley
hussars
Fast-moving mounted soldiers
- dragoonsCompels by intimidation
- cuirassiersArmored cavalry troops
- lancersSoldiers with long weapons
carabiniers · knights · chevaliers · yeomanry · rough riders · chasseurs · praetorians
gallop
Swiftest quadruped gait
bugle · thundering · hooves · steed · pennant · plume · onslaught · advance · volley · cannonade
saddle
Mounted rider's seat
mount · equestrian · gallop · trot · canter · spurs · saddlebags · horseshoe · groom · stable
regiment
Colonel-led military unit
patrol · scout · reconnaissance · flank · maneuver · formation · tactics · skirmisher · outrider · picket
- frontier Americapioneers, settlers, homesteaders, homesteading, sodbusters
- guards and soldiersbodyguards, sentries, watchmen, sentinels, gatekeepers
cavalrymeninfantrymen
Ground combat soldiers
infantry · foot soldiers · footmen · ground troops · pikemen
cavalrymencivilians
Non-military population
non-combatants · pacifists · conscientious objectors · camp followers · quartermasters