HORSE CAVALRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does horse cavalry mean? 

• HORSE CAVALRY (noun)
  The noun HORSE CAVALRY has 2 senses:

1. troops trained to fight on horseback

2. an army unit mounted on horseback

  Familiarity information: HORSE CAVALRY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HORSE CAVALRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Troops trained to fight on horseback

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

cavalry; horse; horse cavalry

Context example:

500 horse led the attack

Hypernyms ("horse cavalry" is a kind of...):

military personnel; soldiery; troops (soldiers collectively)

Meronyms (members of "horse cavalry"):

cavalryman; trooper (a soldier in a motorized army unit)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An army unit mounted on horseback

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("horse cavalry" is a kind of...):

cavalry (a highly mobile army unit)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)