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INFANTRY |
Foot-soldiers |
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INFANTRYMEN |
Foot soldiers |
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FOOTBAND |
A band of foot soldiers. |
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RONDACHE |
A circular shield carried by foot soldiers. |
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ARCHENEMIES |
Nemeses identified in section of foot soldiers on other side |
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ESPADON |
A long, heavy, two-handed and two-edged sword, formerly
used by Spanish foot soldiers and by executioners. |
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FOOT |
Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually
designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry. |
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ROUNDEL |
A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in
diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. |
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GISARM |
A weapon with a scythe-shaped blade, and a separate long
sharp point, mounted on a long staff and carried by foot soldiers. |
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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. |
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ROYAL |
One of the soldiers of the first regiment of foot of the
British army, formerly called the Royals, and supposed to be the oldest
regular corps in Europe; -- now called the Royal Scots. |
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JAVELIN |
A sort of light spear, to be thrown or cast by thew hand;
anciently, a weapon of war used by horsemen and foot soldiers; now used
chiefly in hunting the wild boar and other fierce game. |