cavalryman:
(plural: ‘cavalrymen’; pronunciation: the letter ‘c’ is said with a ‘k’ sound as in “king” — ‘cavalry…man’)
French cavalrymen
(in former times) a soldier who fought on horseback;
(in the present times) a soldier of a troop of soldiers which uses light weapons and vehicles, such as military helicopters, and move from one place to another very easily and quickly depending on the movements of the enemy,
modern US cavalryman on a donkey
During the Civil War, it is said, a cavalryman was as honoured as a high rank officer.
There are several movies/films that show us the brave deeds of the cavalrymen in protecting their homeland.
In keeping the past alive, the US cavalry forces have fought the Taliban in Afghanistan using horses and donkeys as did the cavalrymen on horseback a couple of centuries ago.
