Definitions for infantry

infantry in·fan·try

Spelling: [in-fuh n-tree]
IPA: /ˈɪn fən tri/

Infantry is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 181 anagrams from letters in infantry (afinnrty).

Definitions for infantry

noun

  1. soldiers or military units that fight on foot, in modern times typically with rifles, machine guns, grenades, mortars, etc., as weapons.
  2. a branch of an army composed of such soldiers.

Origin of infantry

1570-80; Italian infanteria, equivalent to infante boy, foot-soldier (see infant) + -ria -ry

Examples for infantry

The infantry in advancing could only attack on a front of 600 yards.

There are her companies of infantry in a sort of port there.

In the west at Utah Beach the U.S. Fourth infantry Division encountered almost none, lost 12 men killed in the first 24 hours.

At the bridge they met the British infantry, who gave them a volley.

Being there with a company of American infantry was dangerous enough; going there on your own seemed like straight-up suicide.

Washington's horse and Kirkwood's infantry formed the reserve.

In Vietnam, Lewis was advisor to a Vietnamese infantry unit, whose nickname for him was “Captain of Many Kilos.”

Stasio would join the Fourth Brigade, Second infantry Division, “the Raiders,” and deploy to Iraq.

Tarleton advanced, with his infantry in the centre, and his cavalry on the wings.

The patriarch, Josiah, had fought with the 42nd Wisconsin infantry, marching all the way to Kentucky to battle the Confederates.

Word Value for infantry
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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