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adjutant armoured army barracks basic training batman battalion bearskin billet(n) billet(v) bombardier booty brigade brigadier brigadier-general cadet canteen cantonment capture cavalry cavalryman centurion charger chevron Col. colonel command commando commissary company contingent corps desert deserter desertion detachment detail disengage dishonourable discharge division divisional dog tag draft dragoon drill(n) drill(v) dugout encampment expeditionary force field marshal firing squad five star general flank foot locker foray four-star general fusilier garrison(n) garrison(v) Gen. general generalship GI grenadier ground forces grunt guardsman gunner hussar induct inductee infantry infantryman irregular lance corporal legion legionary legionnaire Lieut loot Lt. man-at-arms matériel MC medic mercenary mess hall MIA M.O. mobilize motorized mounted musketeer muster non-commissioned officer obstacle course parade parade ground paratrooper paratroops pennon picket(n) picket(v) pip platoon point man position private private soldier Pte redcoat regiment regular reservist reveille route march sapper sarge signalman soldier soldiering soldierly soldier of fortune soldiery sortie(n) sortie(v) special forces squad squaddy staff sergeant standard-bearer stormtrooper subaltern trench troop trooper

Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: armee, from Medieval Latin armata; ARMADA

army

 noun
     
ar‧my S1 W1 plural armies
1

the army

[also + plural verb British English] the part of a country's military force that is trained to fight on land in a war:
The army are helping to clear up after the floods.
Army units launched attacks on bases near Jounieh port.
He joined the army when he was 17.
in the army
Both my sons are in the army.
2 [countable] a large organized group of people trained to fight on land in a war:
Rebel armies have taken control of the radio station.
raise an army (=collect together and organize an army to fight a battle)
The Slovenians say they can raise an army of 20,000 men.
3 [countable] a large number of people involved in the same activity
army of
The village hall is maintained by an army of volunteers.
WORD FOCUS: army WORD FOCUS: army
similar words: armed forces, the military, the services
people in the army: soldier, troops, infantry, G.I. AmE old-fashioned, squaddy British English
to join the army: join up/enlist
to leave the army: be discharged, desert (without permission)
go A.W.O.L. (without permission)
to make people serve in the armed forces: call up British English/draft American English
the system of making people serve in the armed forces: conscription, military service, the draft American English, national service British English
relating to the armed forces: militaryarmy ➔ navy1, air force, Marine Corps, court-martial
  
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