The infantryman had the rare opportunity to break his head against a tree.
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Infantryman
Synonyms for "infantryman" (41 found)
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72 translations across 50 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- këmbësor noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πεζός noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Arabic
1 entries- بِيَادِيّ noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Armenian
1 entries- հետեւակային noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Belarusian
2 entries- пехаці́нец noun (soldier who fights on foot)
- пяхо́тнік noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Bengali
3 entries- পাইক noun (soldier who fights on foot)
- পেয়াদা noun (soldier who fights on foot)
- বরকন্দাজ noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Bulgarian
1 entries- пехоти́нец noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Catalan
1 entries- peó noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 步兵 noun (soldier who fights on foot)
- 步卒 noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Czech
1 entries- pěšák noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Danish
2 entries- fodsoldat noun (soldier who fights on foot)
- infanterist noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Dutch
2 entries- infanterist noun (soldier who fights on foot)
- voetsoldaat noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Estonian
1 entries- jalaväelane noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Finnish
2 entries- jalkaväkimies noun (soldier who fights on foot)
- sotamies noun (soldier who fights on foot)
French
1 entries- fantassin noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Galician
3 entries- infante noun (soldier who fights on foot)
- peón noun (soldier who fights on foot)
- soldado de infantería noun (soldier who fights on foot)
German
2 entries- Fußsoldat noun (soldier who fights on foot)
- Infanterist noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Greek
1 entries- πεζικάριος noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Hindi
3 entries- पदाति noun (soldier who fights on foot)
- पाजी noun (soldier who fights on foot)
- प्यादा noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Hungarian
1 entries- gyalogos noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Ido
1 entries- pedsoldato noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Ingrian
1 entries- jalkaja noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Irish
2 entries- coisí noun (soldier who fights on foot)
- saighdiúir coise noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Italian
1 entries- fante noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Japanese
1 entries- 歩兵 noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Korean
1 entries- 보병 noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Latin
1 entries- pedes noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Latvian
1 entries- kājnieks noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Lithuanian
2 entries- eidukas noun (soldier who fights on foot)
- pėstininkas noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Macedonian
1 entries- пешадинец noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Malayalam
1 entries- കാലാൾ noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Middle English
1 entries- fotman noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- piyade noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- infanterist noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- infanterist noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Polish
1 entries- piechur noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Portuguese
2 entries- infante noun (soldier who fights on foot)
- peão noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Romanian
1 entries- infanterist noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Russian
1 entries- пехоти́нец noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- infantèrist noun (soldier who fights on foot)
- pešadínac noun (soldier who fights on foot)
- pješadínac noun (soldier who fights on foot)
- инфантѐрист noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Slovak
1 entries- pešiak noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Slovene
1 entries- pehotec noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Spanish
1 entries- infante noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Swedish
2 entries- fotsoldat noun (soldier who fights on foot)
- infanterist noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Tamil
2 entries- காலாள் noun (soldier who fights on foot)
- படைவீரன் noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Thai
1 entries- ทหารราบ noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Turkish
1 entries- piyade eri noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Ukrainian
1 entries- піхоти́нець noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Uzbek
1 entries- piyoda askar noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bộ binh noun (soldier who fights on foot)
Sample sentences
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"Finally, the whir of the shells and the whistling of the bullets are over," wrote French infantryman Alfred Roumiguieres.
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