Definition for CAV'AL-RY

CAV'AL-RY, n. [Fr. cavalerie, from cavalier, a horseman, and this from cheval, a horse, whence cavalcade; It. cavallo, a horse, cavaliere, cavalcata; Sp. caballo, caballero, cabalgada, from L. caballus, a horse; Ir. capall and peall; Russ. kobila, a mare; Gr. καβαλλης, a pack-horse.]

A body of military troops on horses; a general term, including light-horse, dragoons, and other bodies of men, serving on horseback. – Encyc.

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