cavalryman
騎兵
解説 Definition
馬に乗って戦う兵士。昔の軍隊の騎兵部隊に属する人。
A cavalryman is a soldier who fights as part of the cavalry, a military unit that traditionally rode horses. The word is mostly used in historical or military contexts, since modern armies no longer use horse soldiers in the same way.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
cavalryman は cavalry＋man と切って覚える。man はそのまま「人」なので、意味の中心は cavalry。軍事語では infantryman（歩兵）と対で並べると残りやすく、歩いて進む兵が infantryman、馬上で動く兵が cavalryman。歴史物では cavalry charge や send in the cavalry の形で出やすいので、「馬で突撃する兵」「援軍として駆けつける兵」の場面と結びつけると記憶しやすい。現代の日常語ではかなり歴史寄りの語で、単なる soldier より限定的だと意識すると混同しにくい。
Break `cavalryman` into `cavalry` + `man`. It belongs with `infantryman`: infantry fights on foot, cavalry rides on horses. Remember scenes like `a cavalry charge` or `send in the cavalry`, where help arrives fast on horseback.
例文
The cavalryman rode his horse into the battle.
その騎兵は馬で戦いに乗り込みました。
Cavalrymen were elite soldiers in the ancient armies.
騎兵は古代軍の精鋭兵でした。
The uniform of the cavalryman was distinctive and impressive.
その騎兵の制服は独特で印象的でした。
cavalryman の類義語・関連語
cavalryman の語源・成り立ち Etymology
cavalryman は Late Latin caballus「馬」から出た Italian・French 系の cavalry に man が付いた語です。『馬に乗る集団の人』がそのまま『騎兵』で、cavalier や chivalry も同じ「馬」の語根から来ています。
Cavalryman combines cavalry and man. Cavalry came through French and Italian from Late Latin caballus, meaning "horse." The word first referred to mounted soldiers as a group, and cavalryman then meant a single member of that group; related words from the same root include cavalier and chivalry.
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