Dorobanți (military unit)

The Dorobanți (Romanian pronunciation: [doroˈbantsʲ]; also referred to as Dărăbani) were a type of soldiers originating in the armies of Wallachia and Moldavia from the 16th century. They acted as both cavalry and infantry, and later also worked as a police force. From the late 19th century, the Dorobanți only acted as infantry, with the mounted Dorobanți being reorganized into Călărași units.

In 1891, the Dorobanți regiments were merged with the Line infantry regiments to form the new infantry units.