cavalery

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noun

cavalier, courtly gentleman

Scrabble 16

Meanings

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nouncavalery (plural cavaleries)

plural cavaleries

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of cavalry.

    Of the Cavalery (belonging to a regiment of Horſe-men, or Troupers. Van de Ruitery.

    1671, Francois Hillenius, Den Engelſchen ende Ne'erduitſchen onderrichter, volume 2, page 175
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    […]commanded that part of his cavalery which was behind his foot, to charge the King's and the general's regiments in the flanck, just at the time when they were so warmly ingaged at push of pike with his men.

    1816, James Stanier Clarke, The Life of James the Second King of England Etc […] , page 14

    This latter is curious for its towers and for its beautiful wooden roaf. SaintOmer has a theatre, a fine barrack for cavalery, an arsenal, constructed in 1781, on the banks of the Aa, a college, a library containing 5,000 volumes, tribunals of first instance and commerce, an under-prefecture.

    1840, Jean-Marie Vincent, The Traveller's Classical Guide Through France, page 73

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