infantry

The branch of an army made up of units trained to fight on foot.

Soldiers armed and trained to fight on foot.

A unit, such as a regiment, of such soldiers.

Soldiery ✓ serving on foot, as distinguished from cavalry; that part of a military establishment using small-arms, and equipped for marching and fighting on foot, constituting the oldest of the “arms” into which armies are conventionally divided: as, a company, regiment, or brigade of infantry. Abbreviated infinitive

[As if directly ⟨ infant, n., 1, + –ry.] Infants in general; an assemblage of children.

A body of children.

A body of soldiers serving on foot; foot soldiers, in distinction from cavalry.

Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne).

The part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers, especially opposed to mounted and technical troops

A regiment of infantry