infantrymen
- plural of infantryman.
Example Sentences
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Ukrainian infantrymen were hiking more than 10 miles on foot to reach positions inside the devastated city in east Ukraine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Nothing the American infantrymen encountered battling across Europe and into the German heartland steeled them for what they found at Dachau.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
It's rare for journalists these days to speak to infantrymen, as it's become too risky to go to these trenches.
From BBC ● May 28, 2025
On Nov. 9, 1921, the anonymous “doughboy” — the nickname given to the infantrymen — was carried down the wet gangway.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2021
“Chuckie” was a derisive term coined by infantrymen, using the army’s spelling alphabet where a word is assigned to each letter of the alphabet.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
