cavalryman

American  

[kav-uhl-ree-muhn, -man] / ˈkæv əl ri mən, -ˌmæn /

noun

plural

cavalrymen

1. a soldier in the cavalry.

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Etymology

Origin of cavalryman

First recorded in 1855–60; cavalry + man

Example Sentences

Curators from the museum had told the F.B.I. that the cavalryman was worth $4.5 million, and an expert witness called by the prosecution said that its thumb was worth about $150,000, Artnet News reported.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2023

While certainly a dynamic leader, and, Brian Steel Wills has argued, an expert cavalryman, perhaps even the Confederacy’s best, Forrest was certainly not a great commander.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2022

Army cavalryman who eventually became a Confederate general.

From Washington Times • Aug. 17, 2017

He was “a true horse cavalryman, replete with Stetson, spurs, saber, and his trusty mount,” a friend wrote of him more than 70 years later in a newsletter of the 7th Cavalry Association.

From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2016

There was not a cavalryman near, not one horse.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara