cavalry regiment

collocation in English

meaningsofcavalryandregiment

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cavalry
noun[U, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˈkæv.əl.ri/us
/ˈkæv.əl.ri/
the group of soldiers in an army who fight in tanks, or (especially in the past) ...
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regiment
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˈredʒ.ɪ.mənt/us
/ˈredʒ.ə.mənt/
a large group of soldiers, or (more generally) any large number of things ...
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(Definition ofcavalryandregimentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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One young officer who went and came back, but is going again, was in acavalryregimentunder me.
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I would mention that the expense of a mechanisedcavalryregimentis considerably greater than that of acavalryregimentwhich retains its horses.
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In the old days it was quite all right to have acavalryregiment.
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The period in question was that period during which their individual members were absorbed in anothercavalryregiment.
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The wretchedcavalryregimenthad to find men for every kind of duty.
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There is onecavalryregimentand some horse artillery units, and yet there are 17 remount officers.
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What is he responsible for, the officer commanding acavalryregiment?
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When acavalryregimentis mechanised is it still called acavalryregiment?
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There is, however, the point that a tank battalion is more than twice as expensive as acavalryregiment.
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Is it not a fact that in every other country they provide at least four or five squadrons in everycavalryregiment?
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What money would be saved if thiscavalryregimentwere dispensed with, as apparently it was dispensed with previously?
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I commanded a well-knowncavalryregimentabout 10 years ago.
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Preserving the regional character of acavalryregimentis not so important, but it is particularly important to have loyalty to territorial and yeomanry regiments.
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There is not sufficient accommodation there for acavalryregiment.
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It was acavalryregimentwith tanks and lights cars and this was a good training ground.
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On one occasion anothercavalryregimenthad taken over the draghounds from us.
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Is that a proper role for acavalryregiment?
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Acavalryregimenthas only 237 troop horses.
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Yes, acavalryregimentis acavalryregimenteven when it is converted.
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In the old days, of course, when acavalryregimentswept over a field using a gap in the fence you could go through and reform on the other side.
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