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heavy-armed - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
heavy-armed troops.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
adjective (Mil.) Wearing heavy or complete armor; carrying heavy arms.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adjective
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They perfected light armor for foot soldiers and hit-and-run tactics, to which the heavy-armed Romans were vulnerable.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
He planned to march up Italys mountainous spine, keeping his mobile forces out of the heavy-armed Romans reach.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
They perfected light armor for foot soldiers and hit-and-run tactics, to which the heavy-armed Romans were vulnerable.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
They perfected light armor for foot soldiers and hit-and-run tactics, to which the heavy-armed Romans were vulnerable.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
They perfected light armor for foot soldiers and hit-and-run tactics, to which the heavy-armed Romans were vulnerable.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
He planned to march up Italys mountainous spine, keeping his mobile forces out of the heavy-armed Romans reach.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
He planned to march up Italys mountainous spine, keeping his mobile forces out of the heavy-armed Romans reach.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
He planned to march up Italys mountainous spine, keeping his mobile forces out of the heavy-armed Romans reach.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
That is Tissaphernes in command, they said, and next to these a body of men bearing wicker-shields, and next again heavy-armed infantry, with long wooden shields reaching to the feet.
Anabasis 2007
But when the Hellenes, being so pressed, made an attempt to pursue, they could barely scale to the summit, being heavy-armed troops, while the enemy as lightly sprung away; and they suffered similarly in retiring to join the rest of the army.
Anabasis 2007
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