infantryman

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noun

a soldier employed in an infantry role

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foot soldierinfanteerinfantierfootman
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Meanings

nouninfantryman (plural infantrymen)

plural infantrymen

  1. governmenta soldier employed in an infantry role

    Synonyms: foot soldier, infanteer, infantier, footman

  2. by restrictiona male soldier of the infantry

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna soldier employed in an infantry role

Similar
foot soldierinfanteerinfantierfootman

Origin

From infantry + man.

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Translations

Ancient Greek πεζός
  • πεζός (pezós)soldier who fights on foot
Arabic بِيَادِيّ
  • بِيَادِيّ (biyādiyy)soldier who fights on foot
Bengali বরকন্দাজ, পাইক
  • বরকন্দাজ (borkondaj)soldier who fights on foot
  • পাইক (paik)soldier who fights on foot
  • পেয়াদা (peẏada)soldier who fights on foot
Bulgarian пехоти́нец
  • пехоти́нец (pehotínec)soldier who fights on foot
Catalan peó
  • peósoldier who fights on foot
Chinese Mandarin 步兵, 步卒
  • 步兵 (bùbīng)soldier who fights on foot
  • 步卒 (bùzú)soldier who fights on foot
Czech pěšák
  • pěšáksoldier who fights on foot
Danish infanterist, fodsoldat
  • infanteristsoldier who fights on foot
  • fodsoldatsoldier who fights on foot
Dutch voetsoldaat, infanterist
  • voetsoldaatsoldier who fights on foot
  • infanteristsoldier who fights on foot
Estonian jalaväelane
  • jalaväelanesoldier who fights on foot
Finnish jalkaväkimies, sotamies
  • jalkaväkimiessoldier who fights on foot
  • sotamiessoldier who fights on foot
French fantassin
  • fantassinsoldier who fights on foot
German Fußsoldat, Infanterist
  • Fußsoldatsoldier who fights on foot
  • Infanteristsoldier who fights on foot
Greek πεζικάριος
  • πεζικάριος (pezikários)soldier who fights on foot
Hindi प्यादा, पदाति
  • प्यादा (pyādā)soldier who fights on foot
  • पदाति (padāti)soldier who fights on foot
  • पाजी (pājī)soldier who fights on foot
Hungarian gyalogos
  • gyalogossoldier who fights on foot
Irish saighdiúir coise, coisí
  • saighdiúir coisesoldier who fights on foot
  • coisísoldier who fights on foot
Italian fante
  • fantesoldier who fights on foot
Japanese 歩兵
  • 歩兵soldier who fights on foot
Korean 보병
  • 보병 (bobyeong)soldier who fights on foot
Latin pedes
  • pedessoldier who fights on foot
Latvian kājnieks
  • kājniekssoldier who fights on foot
Lithuanian pėstininkas, eidukas
  • pėstininkassoldier who fights on foot
  • eidukassoldier who fights on foot
Norwegian Bokmål infanterist
  • infanteristsoldier who fights on foot
Polish piechur
  • piechursoldier who fights on foot
Portuguese infante, peão
  • infantesoldier who fights on foot
  • peãosoldier who fights on foot
Romanian infanterist
  • infanteristsoldier who fights on foot
Russian пехоти́нец
  • пехоти́нец (pexotínec)soldier who fights on foot
Slovak pešiak
  • pešiaksoldier who fights on foot
Spanish infante
  • infantesoldier who fights on foot
Swedish fotsoldat, infanterist
  • fotsoldatsoldier who fights on foot
  • infanteristsoldier who fights on foot
Tamil காலாள், படைவீரன்
  • காலாள் (kālāḷ)soldier who fights on foot
  • படைவீரன் (paṭaivīraṉ)soldier who fights on foot
Thai ทหารราบ
  • ทหารราบ (tá-hǎan-râap)soldier who fights on foot
Turkish piyade eri
  • piyade erisoldier who fights on foot
Ukrainian піхоти́нець
  • піхоти́нець (pixotýnecʹ)soldier who fights on foot
Vietnamese bộ binh
  • bộ binhsoldier who fights on foot
Cite this entry
APA

infantryman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infantryman

MLA

“infantryman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infantryman. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “infantryman,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infantryman.

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