light-armed

American  

[lahyt-ahrmd] / ˈlaɪtˈɑrmd /

adjective

1. carrying light weapons.

   light-armed troops.

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Etymology

Origin of light-armed

First recorded in 1610–20

Example Sentences

For this purpose light-armed, fast-moving troops are needed, equipped with jeeps, half-tracks, light trucks, small arms, machine guns and 75s.

From Time Magazine Archive

Immediately a body of light-armed foot-soldiers and cavalry detached itself from the right wing and advanced up the hill toward the Cardaces.

From The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great by Fuller, Robert H.

Diez, strangely enough, would derive this Arab or Moorish word from the Grk. μυμνήτης, a naked or light-armed foot soldier. 

From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

They wore the garb of light-armed foot-soldiers and their accoutrement seemed much the worse for rough usage.

From The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great by Fuller, Robert H.

According to this, then, the 5000 Periœci, who at the battle of Platæa were allotted as light-armed to the same number of heavy-armed soldiers, were in part perhaps artificers.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried