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infantryman

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

a soldier employed in an infantry role

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, military, politics, war

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: foot soldier, infanteer, infantier, footman

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a male soldier of the infantry

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: by restriction

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

fights on foot with small arms

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: marcher, foot soldier, footslogger

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: soldier

Narrower terms: fusilier, grenadier, grenade thrower, doughboy, musketeer

History

Etymology

From infantry + man.

Across languages

Translations

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: këmbësor — soldier who fights on foot
  • Arabic: بِيَادِيّ (biyādiyy) — soldier who fights on foot
  • Armenian: հետեւակային (hetewakayin) — soldier who fights on foot
  • Belarusian: пяхо́тнік (pjaxótnik) — soldier who fights on foot
  • Belarusian: пехаці́нец (pjexacínjec) — soldier who fights on foot
  • Bengali: বরকন্দাজ (borkondaj) — soldier who fights on foot
  • Bengali: পাইক (paik) — soldier who fights on foot
  • Bengali: পেয়াদা (peẏada) — soldier who fights on foot
  • Bulgarian: пехоти́нец (pehotínec) — soldier who fights on foot
  • Catalan: peó — soldier who fights on foot
  • Chinese Mandarin: 步兵 (bùbīng) — soldier who fights on foot
  • Chinese Mandarin: 步卒 (bùzú) — soldier who fights on foot
  • Czech: pěšák — soldier who fights on foot
  • Danish: infanterist — soldier who fights on foot
  • Danish: fodsoldat — soldier who fights on foot
  • Dutch: voetsoldaat — soldier who fights on foot
  • Dutch: infanterist — soldier who fights on foot
  • Estonian: jalaväelane — soldier who fights on foot
  • Finnish: jalkaväkimies — soldier who fights on foot
  • Finnish: sotamies — soldier who fights on foot
  • French: fantassin — soldier who fights on foot
  • Galician: infante — soldier who fights on foot
  • Galician: peón — soldier who fights on foot
  • Galician: soldado de infantería — soldier who fights on foot
  • German: Fußsoldat — soldier who fights on foot
  • German: Infanterist — soldier who fights on foot
  • Greek: πεζικάριος (pezikários) — soldier who fights on foot
  • Ancient Greek: πεζός (pezós) — soldier who fights on foot
  • Hindi: प्यादा (pyādā) — soldier who fights on foot
  • Hindi: पदाति (padāti) — soldier who fights on foot
  • Hindi: पाजी (pājī) — soldier who fights on foot
  • Hungarian: gyalogos — soldier who fights on foot
  • Ido: pedsoldato — soldier who fights on foot
  • Ingrian: jalkaja — soldier who fights on foot
  • Irish: saighdiúir coise — soldier who fights on foot
  • Irish: coisí — soldier who fights on foot
  • Italian: fante — soldier who fights on foot
  • Japanese: 歩兵 — soldier who fights on foot
  • Korean: 보병 (bobyeong) — soldier who fights on foot
  • Northern Kurdish: piyade — soldier who fights on foot
  • Latin: pedes — soldier who fights on foot
  • Latvian: kājnieks — soldier who fights on foot
  • Lithuanian: pėstininkas — soldier who fights on foot
  • Lithuanian: eidukas — soldier who fights on foot
  • Macedonian: пешадинец (pešadinec) — soldier who fights on foot
  • Malayalam: കാലാൾ (kālāḷ) — soldier who fights on foot
  • Middle English: fotman — soldier who fights on foot
  • Norwegian Bokmål: infanterist — soldier who fights on foot
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: infanterist — soldier who fights on foot
  • Polish: piechur — soldier who fights on foot
  • Portuguese: infante — soldier who fights on foot
  • Portuguese: peão — soldier who fights on foot
  • Romanian: infanterist — soldier who fights on foot
  • Russian: пехоти́нец (pexotínec) — soldier who fights on foot
  • Serbo-Croatian: пешади́нац — soldier who fights on foot
  • Serbo-Croatian: пјешади́нац — soldier who fights on foot
  • Serbo-Croatian: инфантѐрист — soldier who fights on foot
  • Serbo-Croatian: pešadínac — soldier who fights on foot
  • Serbo-Croatian: pješadínac — soldier who fights on foot
  • Serbo-Croatian: infantèrist — soldier who fights on foot
  • Slovak: pešiak — soldier who fights on foot
  • Slovene: pehotec — soldier who fights on foot
  • Spanish: infante — soldier who fights on foot
  • Swedish: fotsoldat — soldier who fights on foot
  • Swedish: infanterist — soldier who fights on foot
  • Tamil: காலாள் (kālāḷ) — soldier who fights on foot
  • Tamil: படைவீரன் (paṭaivīraṉ) — soldier who fights on foot
  • Thai: ทหารราบ (tá-hǎan-râap) — soldier who fights on foot
  • Turkish: piyade eri — soldier who fights on foot
  • Ukrainian: піхоти́нець (pixotýnecʹ) — soldier who fights on foot
  • Uzbek: piyoda askar — soldier who fights on foot
  • Vietnamese: bộ binh — soldier who fights on foot