Definition of "cavalryman" [cav•al•ry•man]

• A soldier in the cavalry. (noun)

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• "The cavalryman was a foot shorter than Sharpe, but he seemed to compensate for his lack of height with a look of Cromwellian fervour and rectitude."
• "We ought to be much better cavalrymen than infantrymen, because the essential in a cavalryman is a fearless impetuosity."
• "Ever the cavalryman, Patton believed in the devil taking the hindmost and showed scant regard for protection of his advancing flanks."