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Added 9 October 2026

infantry

/ˈɪnfəntɹi/ noun

In Latin: peditātus Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about infantry at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

An army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot.
there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot

Origin

From Middle French infanterie, from older Italian, possibly from Spanish infantería (“foot soldiers, force composed of those too inexperienced or low in rank for cavalry”), from infante (“foot soldier”), originally "a youth", either way from Latin īnfāns (“child”); see there for more.

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