† ˈfanterie Obs.
[a. OF. fanterie, ad. It. fanteria f. fante foot-soldier (literally boy, short for infante = infant cf. faunt).]
Infantry; pl. foot-soldiers.
| a 1577 Gascoigne Fruits War clii. in Wks. (1587) 146 Fiue..bands of English Fanteries. 1601 Holland Pliny I. 128 Trusting vpon their Cauallery and Fanterie, wherein they are strong. |