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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 Excerpt: ...the chapters relating to Mhjtabt and Ecclesiastical Terjis. CHAPTER XVI. MILITARY TEEMS. Arsenal, (It.) arce-navale, or naval citadel. Cadet, (Sp.) cadete, one who enlists without pay, expecting a commission. Commander, (Lat.) mandare, to entrust. Commodore, (Sp.) comendador, i.e. commander. Corps, (Lat.) corpus, the body. Comrade, (Fr.) camerade, (Lat.) camera, a chamber. General, (Lat.) genus; one who attends to general and not particular arrangement. Colonel, either from (Lat.) dux colonic; or columna, the column or pivot of the regiment; some say (It.) colonello, formerly coronel or crown captain, from (Lat.) corona. Major, (Lat.) major, greater. Captain, (Lat.) caput, the head. Lieutenant, (Fr.) lieu tenant, (Lat.) locum tenens. Cornet, (Lat.) cornu, a horn. Ensign, (Lat.) insignia. Some say corrupted from ancient. Serjeant-at-law, (Lat.) serviens. Sergeant-at-arms, (Fr.) serriant, i.e. one who dresses or drills or masses men. So we speak of serried ranks. Corporal, (Lat.) corpus, a body. Pioneer, (Sp.) peon, a foot soldier. Private, (Lat.) privatus, an individual. Sentinel, (Fr.) sentinelle, (Lat.) sentire. Soldier, (Lat.) solidus, pay. Sepot, (Per3.) sipahi, a soldier. Artillert, (Lat.) arcus and telum=bovr and arrow; ry, suffix, implying collectiveness. Cavalry, (Lat.) caballus, a steed. Infantry, the bodyguard of the Infanta of Spain. Grenadier, (Sp.) granada, a hollow globe of iron resembling a pomegranate. Dragoon, (Lat.) draconarii, standard-bearers of the dragon, at the period of the decline of the Eoman empire. Some say from dragon, a species of carbine. Hussar, (Hungarian) Awsz=twenty and ar=pay. Every twenty houses furnished one cavalry soldier. Accoutrements, (Fr.) accoutrer, formerly accoustrer, to equip with habiliments (ecclesiastical), ...
