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

Above the turmoil the Macedonian trumpets rang out high and clear, and, in obedience to their command, the Companions swerved to the left, leaving the light-armed troops to hold what they had gained.

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

The numbers of that host no pen could write Nor reckon; 'tis a multitudinous sight, Long lines of horsemen, lines of targeteers, Archers abundant; and behind them veers A wavering horde, light-armed, in Thracian weed.

From The Rhesus of Euripedes by Euripedes

The first marks them as light-armed attendants in war, the second as a class always inhabiting the country.

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

One instant down and the Hellenes were sweeping the light-armed Asiatic footmen before them, as the scythe sweeps down the standing grain.

From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns