stradiot
noun
strad·i·ot
ˈstradēət,
usually -ət+V
plural -s
: a light cavalryman recruited especially from Albania, Dalmatia, or Greece and employed in the Venetian and other armies in the 15th and 16th centuries
Word History
Etymology
Middle French, from Italian stradiotto; from Greek stratiōtēs soldier, from stratia army, military campaign, from stratos army, host