cavalryman
noun [ C ] uk/ˈkæv.əl.ri.mən/ /ˈkæv.əl.ri.mæn/ us/ˈkæv.əl.ri.mən/ /ˈkæv.əl.ri.mæn/ -men uk/ˈkæv.əl.ri.mən/ /ˈkæv.əl.ri.mən/
坦克兵;（旧时的）骑兵
a soldier in an army who fights in a tank, or (especially in the past) on a horse
Former cavalrymen gather at West Point for a yearly memorial. 退伍坦克兵聚集在西点军校举行年度纪念活动。
Genghis Khan’s nomadic cavalrymen once wreaked devastation across Asia. 成吉思汗的游牧骑兵曾在亚洲大肆横行破坏。
See: cavalry
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- More than 2,000 serving and former cavalrymen from the UK and the Commonwealth attended the parade and service.
- He served as a cavalryman in Europe during the Second World War.
- The wild horses are descended from those abandoned by U.S. cavalrymen more than a century ago.