infanteern.
/ɪnfənˈtɪə/ slang.
An infantryman.
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1944 J. H. Fullarton Troop Target xxiii. 174 A lone infanteer..watched it all from a slit trench.
1961 Guardian 14 Nov. 8/3 Did he and his fellow-Gunners never talk of Guardees or Infanteers?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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