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Definition of Camelry
1. n. Troops that are mounted on camels.
Definition of Camelry
1. Noun. (military) A military arm of service that fights while riding camels. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Camelry
1. troops mounted on camels [n CAMELRIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Camelry
Literary usage of Camelry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sirdar and Khalifa by Bennet Burleigh (1898)
"of the camel corps, or camelry, the battery of horse artillery, 6-centimetre Krupps,
... The camelry, the howitzers, and two Maxims were left at ..."
2. Official History of the Operations in Somaliland, 1901-04 by Great Britain War Office. General Staff (1907)
"The value of camelry is considerable in that they are able to move long distances
carrying their own food for several days, their camel's food, ..."
3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1902)
"Its population consists of an entirely nominal force of forty camelry and some
thirty families of cultivators. ..."
4. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... was highly commended for its work on the line of communication in 1884-1885.
anJ ils artillery and camelry distinguished themselves in the action at ..."
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