as in dragoon
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Recent Examples of cavalryman
The mug in question is that of Jean Gabin, who plays a cavalryman named Lucien Bourrache.
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Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2023
The bodies of the two Delaware cavalrymen were taken home as was one of [Confederate Gen. J.E.B.] Stuart’s men, but Confederate Lt. John Murray’s body was never returned.
—Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 8 July 2023
The bodies of the two Delaware cavalrymen were taken home as was one of Stuart’s men, but Confederate Lt. John Murray’s body was never returned.
—Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2023
Using his phone as a flashlight, Rohana explored the exhibit and approached one of the figures, an ancient Chinese cavalryman, according to the affidavit.
—Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023
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Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2023
The bodies of the two Delaware cavalrymen were taken home as was one of [Confederate Gen. J.E.B.] Stuart’s men, but Confederate Lt. John Murray’s body was never returned.
—Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 8 July 2023
The bodies of the two Delaware cavalrymen were taken home as was one of Stuart’s men, but Confederate Lt. John Murray’s body was never returned.
—Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2023
Using his phone as a flashlight, Rohana explored the exhibit and approached one of the figures, an ancient Chinese cavalryman, according to the affidavit.
—Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cavalryman
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An international networker par excellence, Zambello was staging Carmen at Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts, with Chen in the peripheral part of Zuniga, lieutenant of the dragoons.—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
7 Dec. 2024
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The family, Louisville residents, also enjoyed some pizza and crab dragoons from the food trucks.—
Marina Johnson,
The Courier-Journal,
8 Apr. 2024
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Moscow has been relying on assistance from North Korean soldiers to push back Kyiv’s advances in the Kursk region of Russia, and has been steadily advancing on the ground in eastern Ukraine, while the US attempts to broker talks that would end the conflict.—
Anna Chernova and Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2025
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Young men are invited to play soldiers; upon locating the hotel (now a private dwelling) where D’Annunzio spent a night en route to the takeover, Bezinović recruits the woman of the house to play the chambermaid ministering to the traveller.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2025
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His first was as an airborne infantryman with the U.S. Army, stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson outside Anchorage.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
24 Feb. 2025
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The infantryman provided first aid to his comrades wounded in the Korean War attack and began helping move those men to safety.—
JOSH BOAK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
4 Jan. 2025
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The event kicked off with an opening dance, before the debutantes lined up for a waltz with their fathers, who were then passed onto their cavaliers for dancing with a live band.—
Kristen Bateman,
Vogue,
1 Dec. 2024
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Opal is described as a 5-pound red/brown cavapoo — a mix of a King Charles cavalier and a poodle.—
Mike Stunson,
Kansas City Star,
9 July 2024
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In early 2012 several industry sources told Deadline that Disney was targeting a summer production start date and was in the process of finding an all-star cast of international martial arts sensations to play the team of warriors tasked with protecting the leading lady.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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War movies turn a lot of us into armchair warriors.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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The Vermont State Police agency, established in 1987, employs undercover state troopers as well as local, county and federal law-enforcement officers.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2025
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As troopers responded to the area, the wrong-way vehicle reportedly sideswiped another car on the ramp, according to state police.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
1 Apr. 2025
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And during World War II, servicewomen were issued a tube of Elizabeth Arden’s Montezuma Red in their military kits.—
Emily Listfield,
Harper's BAZAAR,
13 Apr. 2023
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During the exchange Ukraine returned home a dog named Adik that Russian troops took away from its owner – a Ukrainian servicewoman from Mariupol – after she was captured.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes,
2 Jan. 2023
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In this massive operation, however, Allied commanders became uncertain of the location of the doughboys of the Lost Battalion, who soon fell under attack from both enemy German artillery, as well as friendly fire from the Americans.—
Alice George,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 Nov. 2023
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Look at the recent backlash against pop singer Róisín Murphy, who is about as threatening a figure as the Pillsbury doughboy.—
Bob Guccione Jr,
Spin,
20 Sep. 2023
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“Cavalryman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cavalryman. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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