Jockey vs Cavalry - What's the difference?
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As nouns the difference between jockey and cavalry is that jockey is jockey (one who rides racehorses competitively) while cavalry is (military|uncountable) the military arm of service that fights while riding horses.
jockey Noun
( en noun)
One who rides racehorses competitively.
That part of a variable resistor or potentiometer that rides over the resistance wire
An operator of some machinery or apparatus.
(dated) A dealer in horses; a horse trader.
- (Macaulay)
(dated) A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.
(UK, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
(Ireland, crime, slang) A rapist.
Derived terms
* disc jockey
* jock
References
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Verb
( en verb)
To ride (a horse) in a race.
To maneuver (something) by skill for one's advantage.
To cheat or trick.
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cavalry Noun
(cavalries)
(military, uncountable) The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.
(military, countable) An individual unit of the cavalry arm of service.
(military, countable) The branch of the military transported by fast light vehicles, also known as mechanized cavalry.
Derived terms
* heavy cavalry
* light cavalry
* mechanized cavalry
References
* Delamarre, X. & Lambert, P. -Y. (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise : Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental (2nd ed.). Paris: Errance. ISBN
978 2 87772 369 5, ISBN 2 87772 237 6
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