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Infantry vs Footsoldier - What's the difference?

infantry | footsoldier |

As nouns the difference between infantry and footsoldier

is that infantry is soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne) while footsoldier is an alternative spelling of lang=en.

infantry

English

Noun

(wikipedia infantry) (infantries)
  • Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne).
  • (uncountable) The part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers, especially opposed to mounted and technical troops
  • A regiment of infantry

    • Derived terms

    * infanteer * infantryman * light infantry * marine infantry * mechanized infantry * mounted infantry

    footsoldier

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)