Rating | Solver | Clue |
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TROOPERS | Cavalry soldiers | |
LANCERS | Cavalry soldiers | |
INFANTRY | A body of soldiers serving on foot; foot soldiers, in distinction from cavalry. | |
CARBINE | A short, light musket or rifle, esp. one used by mounted soldiers or cavalry. | |
IRONSIDES | A cuirassier or cuirassiers; also, hardy veteran soldiers; -- applied specifically to Cromwell's cavalry. | |
ORB | A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defense, esp. infantry to repel cavalry. | |
FOOT | Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry. | |
LEGION | A body of foot soldiers and cavalry consisting of different numbers at different periods, -- from about four thousand to about six thousand men, -- the cavalry being about one tenth. |