In"fan*try (?), n. [F. infanterie, It. infanteria, fr. infante infant, child, boy servant, foot soldier, fr. L. infans, -antis, child; foot soldiers being formerly the servants and followers of knights. See Infant.]
1.
A body of children.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.
2. Mil.
A body of soldiers serving on foot; foot soldiers, in distinction from cavalry.
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