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Infantryman   /ˈɪnfæntrimən/   Listen
Infantryman

noun
(pl. infantrymen)
1.
Fights on foot with small arms.  Synonyms: foot soldier, footslogger, marcher.






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"Infantryman" Quotes from Famous Books



... dry season, on the contrary, a journey of two hundred miles may be safely undertaken, without any of these encumbrances; with two or three clean shirts, a man may scamper about for months, like a Roman light-infantryman, "impedimentis relictis," unless he should be so ill advised as to carry his wife ...
— An Old Sailor's Yarns • Nathaniel Ames

... order for "Bayonets forward!" was, as near as I could get it, "Nepret nanochi." Arguing by similarity of sound, the Bulgarian soldier affected to believe it meant "Spit five men on your bayonet." It was the common camp saying that it was the duty of the infantryman to impale five Turks on his bayonet, to show that he had conducted himself well. The Bulgarian infantrymen had devised a little "jim" in regard to bayonet work, which I had not heard of being used in war before. ...
— Bulgaria • Frank Fox

... captain to come up here and wait for me!" he said rapidly. "Tell him what you have just heard this officer say, and tell him to give the word, 'Prepare for action.' And now," he said, turning to the infantryman, "go ahead." ...
— Action Front • Boyd Cable (Ernest Andrew Ewart)

... was then given to the more advanced forms of exercise in attack and defence, combined with the construction and use of earthworks. Here began that intimate knowledge of the shovel and pick which, during the war, was acquired by every infantryman. All fighting soldiers loathed these implements, but, at the same time, recognised their utility and appreciated the protection they made it possible to provide. Occasionally the Brigadier assembled the four battalions and, after a little close-order work, would lead them on a five to ten mile ...
— The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I • Herbert Brayley Collett

... something worth listening to," said Life Knox. "Come on, Artie." He turned to an infantryman standing by. "Send your captain after us ...
— An Undivided Union • Oliver Optic



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