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

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light-armed

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

Each galley carried seventy rowers, ten sailors to handle the sails, fifty light-armed archers and slingers, and one hundred and fifty soldiers cased in iron from top to toe.

From The Brass Bell or, The Chariot of Death by De Leon, Solon

The kern or cateran of the Highlands was a light-armed infantryman, as opposed to the heavy-armed "gallowglass."

From Lady of the Lake by Moody, William Vaughn

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

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.