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nountroops trained to fight on horseback
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nouna highly mobile army unittype of:
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- troop a cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company
- squadron a cavalry unit consisting of two or more troops and headquarters and supporting arms
- cossack a member of a Slavic people living in southern European Russia and Ukraine and adjacent parts of Asia and noted for their horsemanship and military skill; they formed an elite cavalry corps in czarist Russia
- dragoon a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen
- lancer (formerly) a cavalryman armed with a lance
- hussar a member of a European light cavalry unit; renowned for elegant dress
- zamburek a camel cavalry used in the early modern era by Arab, Afghan, Persian, and Indian armies
- yeomanry a British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army
- rough rider a member of the volunteer cavalry regiment led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War (1898)
- zumbooruck a camel cavalry used in the early modern era by Arab, Afghan, Persian, and Indian armies