Historical. A light-armed Irish foot-soldier (cf. quot. 1600); one of the poorer class among the ‘wild Irish’, from whom such soldiers were drawn…
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > foot-soldier > types of (12) kern1351 Historical. A light-armed Irish foot-soldier (cf. quot. 1600); one of the poorer class among the ‘wild Irish’, from whom such soldiers were drawn… brigand?a1400 A light-armed, irregular foot-soldier. Obsolete. yeomana1400 A man of the standing or rank described in sense 3 serving as a (foot) soldier. Now Historical or archaic except as in 4b. peltast1600 A foot soldier equipped with a pelta (pelta, n. 1a) and javelin. miquelet1670 Frequently in form Miquelet.(a) A member of an irregular Catalonian militia which engaged in military operations against the Castilian and French… appointee1728 Military. hoplite1728 A heavy-armed foot-soldier of ancient Greece. light-bob1778 (A nickname for) a soldier in a light infantry company. Also in plural with the and capital initial: (a nickname for) a particular regiment of the… askar1826 In North Africa: a soldier; spec. a native Moroccan infantryman. zephyr1847 A member of the Bataillons d'Infanterie Légère d'Afrique, a light infantry corps in the French army serving in North Africa, made up of convicted… dough1909 U.S. Army slang. An infantryman, esp. one in the United States Army. Cf. doughboy, n. 2. Now historical. Subcategories:— collectively (1) |
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