General Infantry

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
GI
Pronunciation
/ˈʤɛnərəl ˈɪnfəntri/
Category
Governmental
Related Field
Military

Examples in Context

  1. No one from the common soldier to the general expected a battle; and they were all calmly engaged in peaceful occupations & feeding their horses in the cavalry, gathering wood in the infantry.
  2. A general with a suite came on to the redoubt, and after talking to the colonel and looking angrily at Pierre, went away again, ordering the infantry standing behind the battery guarding it to lie down, so as to be less exposed to fire.

Other meanings of GI