Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Canada, UK)A soldier employed in any infantry role; an infantryman.

    The appointment of an infanteer from The Highlanders as the Sovereign's Piper shows that the events following Culloden are no longer raw in the memory. official web site of the British Monarchy

Origin

From Spanish infante (“soldier”) + -eer.

From Spanish infante (“soldier”) + -eer.

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Forms

plural: infanteers

Word family

1 related words

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