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Synonyms for army

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ahr-mee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɑr mi

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Définition of army

Origin :
  • late 14c., "armed expedition," from Old French armée (14c.) "armed troop, armed expedition," from Medieval Latin armata "armed force," from Latin armata, fem. of armatus "armed, equipped, in arms," past participle of armare "to arm," literally "act of arming," related to arma "tools, arms" (see arm (n.2)). Originally used of expeditions on sea or land; the specific meaning "land force" first recorded 1786. Transferred meaning "host, multitude" is c.1500.
  • The Old English words were here (still preserved in derivatives like harrier), from PIE *kor- "people, crowd;" and fierd, with an original sense of "expedition," from faran "travel." In spite of etymology, in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, here generally meant "invading Vikings" and fierd was used for the local militias raised to fight them.
  • noun military force, usually for land
  • noun group resembling military force
Example sentences :
  • When you kill off all your present army, you must git up a draft.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1. No. 20, August 13, 1870 » by Various
  • A God-in-Chief was therefore created, like the commanding general of an army.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • They served the King faithfully as officers in his army and as collectors of his taxes.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • They belonged to the times when 30,000 men were an army, and when campaigns were spent in sieges.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • He beat the army in the field, and then let the fortresses drop one by one into his hands.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • He had made up his mind to put an end to the purchase of commissions in the army.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • The purchase of official positions in the army was thus abolished.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • He was more than usually polite to the major: he was in the army, the goal of his aspiration!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • She was terrible as an army with banners; fair as the sea or the sunset.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • The army, or the hosts, were called the army of God, or the hosts of God.
  • Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part IV] » by Benedict of Spinoza

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