household cavalry
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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This time there's the glitter of a carriage procession from Buckingham Palace with the household cavalry accompanying them.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2023
McCarthy, the Australian ambassador, said he had heard that Queen Elizabeth II’s royal household team featured Grenadier Guards and the royal household cavalry.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 23, 2014
You, P.D., favorite trooper of our household cavalry!
From Over the Pass by Palmer, Frederick
An attack upon them by the household cavalry was repulsed.
From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin
Again the cry was echoed, but not by many; the household cavalry, one or two of the newer companies of the brigade, some of the citizens.
From The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo by Brady, Cyrus Townsend
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