A branch of the military in which soldiers traveled and fought on foot.

1570s, from French infantrie, infanterie (16c.), from older Italian or Spanish infanteria "foot soldiers, force composed of those too inexperienced or low in rank to be cavalry," a collectiv [..]

soldiers trained to fight on the ground with weapons they can carry.

The infantry are foot-soldiers, the sections of an army that move about, advance and fight on foot. The vast majority of soldiers who fought on the Western Front belonged to the infantry.

Collective name for foot-soldiers.

The branch of an army made up of units trained to fight on foot and march.

Military unit of soldiers who are armed and trained to fight on foot.

The branch of an army made up of units trained to fight on foot.  

the branch of the army consisting primarily of soldiers who are specifically trained for the role of fighting on foot for the purpose of engaging the enemy in face-to-face combat

Armed foot soldiers, as distinguished from cavalry, air, or sea forces. In antiquity, the infantry dominated military strategy, until displaced by the mobile cavalry of nomadic invaders and the develo [..]

(n) an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot

Foot soldiers. Said to be first applied to a body of men collected by the Infante or heir-apparent of Spain for the purpose of rescuing his father from the Moors. The success of the attempt rendered t [..]

SCVs, Marines, Marauders, Reapers and Ghosts.

Soldiers who fight on foot.

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 sold [..]