In"fan*try (?), n. [F. infanterie, It.
infanteria, fr. infante infant, child, boy servant, foot soldier, fr. L. infans, - antis, child; foot soldiers being formerly the servants and followers of knights. See Infant.]
1. A body of children. [Obs.] B.
Jonson.
2. (Mil.) A body of
soldiers serving on foot; foot soldiers, in distinction from cavalry.
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