ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

horse and foot; horse soldier; cavalry, horse, artillery, horse artillery, light horse,
voltigeur [Fr.], uhlan, mounted rifles, dragoon, hussar; light dragoon, heavy dragoon;
heavy; cuirassier [Fr.]; Foot Guards, Horse Guards.
gunner, cannoneer, bombardier, artilleryman † , matross † ; sapper, sapper and miner;
engineer; light infantry, rifles, chasseur [Fr.], zouave; military train, coolie.
army, corps d'armee [Fr.], host, division, battalia † , column, wing, detachment,
garrison, flying column, brigade, regiment, corps, battalion, sotnia † , squadron, company,
platoon, battery, subdivision, section, squad; piquet, picket, guard, rank, file; legion,
phalanx, cohort; cloud of skirmishers.
war horse, charger, destrier.
marine, man-of-war's man &c (sailor) 269; navy, wooden walls, naval forces, fleet,
flotilla, armada, squadron.
[ships of war] man-of-war; destroyer; submarine; minesweeper; torpedo-boat,
torpedo-destroyer; patrol torpedo boat, PT boat; torpedo-catcher, war castle, H.M.S.;
battleship, battle wagon, dreadnought, line of battle ship, ship of the line; aircraft carrier,
carrier.
flattop [Coll.]; helicopter carrier; missile platform, missile boat; ironclad, turret ship,
ram, monitor, floating battery; first-rate, frigate, sloop of war, corvette, gunboat, bomb
vessel; flagship, guard ship, cruiser; armored cruiser, protected cruiser; privateer.
[supporting ships] tender; store ship, troop ship; transport, catamaran; merchant
marine.
727. Arms -- N. arm, arms; weapon, deadly weapon; armament, armaments, armature;
panoply, stand of arms; armor &c (defense) 717; armory &c (store) 636; apparatus belli
[Lat.].
ammunition; powder, powder and shot; cartridge; ball cartridge, cartouche, fireball;
villainous saltpeter [Henry IV]; dumdum bullet.
explosive; gunpowder, guncotton; mercury fulminate; picrates; pentaerythritol
tetranitrate, PETN.
high explosive; trinitrotoluene, TNT; dynamite, melinite † , cordite, lyddite, plastic
explosive, plastique; pyroxyline † .
[knives and swords: list] sword, saber, broadsword, cutlass, falchion † , scimitar,
cimeter † , brand, whinyard, bilbo, glaive † , glave † , rapier, skean, Toledo, Ferrara, tuck,
claymore, adaga † , baselard † , Lochaber ax, skean dhu † , creese † , kris, dagger, dirk, banger † ,
poniard, stiletto, stylet † , dudgeon, bayonet; sword-bayonet, sword-stick; side arms, foil,
blade, steel; ax, bill; pole-ax, battle-ax; gisarme † , halberd, partisan, tomahawk, bowie
knife † ; ataghan † , attaghan † , yataghan † ; yatacban † ; assagai, assegai † ; good sword, trusty
sword, naked sword; cold steel.
club, mace, truncheon, staff, bludgeon, cudgel, life preserver, shillelah, sprig; hand
staff, quarter staff; bat, cane, stick, knuckle duster; billy, blackjack, sandbag, waddy † .
gun, piece [Fr.]; firearms; artillery, ordnance; siege train, battering train; park,
battery; cannon, gun of position, heavy gun, field piece [Fr.], mortar, howitzer,
carronade † , culverin † , basilisk; falconet, jingal † , swivel, pederero † , bouche a feu [Fr.];
petard, torpedo; mitrailleur [Fr.], mitrailleuse [Fr.]; infernal machine; smooth bore,
rifled cannon, Armstrong gun † , Lancaster gun, Paixhan gun, Whitworth gun, Parrott gun,
Krupp gun, Gatling gun, Maxim gun, machine gun; pompom † ; ten pounder.