infantry

Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne).

The part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers, especially opposed to mounted and technical troops.

A regiment of infantry.

Infants; children.

The next summer there was a crop of blackberries in the woods. I took wife and babies, supplied with lunch and horse feed; […] Wife took command of the infantry and I of the transportation. We were both soon calling loudly for assistance.