mounted soldier
Soldier on horseback
A mounted soldier is a soldier who fights on horseback—cavalry rather than infantry.
The term distinguishes those who ride into battle from foot soldiers: The mounted soldiers charged across the field.
In modern contexts, mounted units may use horses for ceremonial purposes or crowd control rather than combat.
- cavalrymanSoldier who fights mounted
- knightHonored mounted soldier
- horsemanSkilled equine rider
- cavalry officerMounted military commander
- chargerPower-restoring device or mount
war horse · lance · saddle · cavalry · dragoon · light cavalry · steed · hussar · armor · heavy cavalry · gallop · sabre · trooper · spur · regiment · stirrup · riding boots · rider
- mounted figuresequestrian statue
- cavaliercavalryman, horseman, chevalier, knight, trooper
- lancersuhlan, lance, pennon
mode of locomotion in combat
mounted soldierinfantryman
Ground-based combat soldier
foot soldier · infantry · footman · ground troops · light infantry
mount, mounted, soldier, soldiers, soldiering, soldierly, mounting, mounts, unmounted