army
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From (1386) Middle English armee, borrowed from Old French armee (cf. modern French armée), from Medieval Latin armāta (“armed force”), a noun taken from the past participle of Latin armāre (“to arm”), itself related to arma (“tools, arms”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to join, fit together”). Doublet of armada. Displaced native Old English here and fierd.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ä'mē, IPA(key): /ˈɑː.miː/
- (General American) enPR: är'mē, IPA(key): /ˈɑɹ.mi/
- (General Australian) enPR: ä'mē, IPA(key): /ˈɐː.mi(ː)/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mi
NounEdit
army (plural armies)
- A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
- 1858, Prince George, letter to Sir Colin Campbell:
- An army never can be commanded or controlled by civilians.
- The army was sent in to quell the uprising.
- Used absolutely for that entire branch of the armed forces.
- The army received a bigger share of this year's budget increase than the navy or air force.
- (often capitalized) Within a vast military, a very large tactical contingent (e.g. a number of divisions).
- The Fourth Army suffered such losses that its remainders were merged into the Second Army, also deployed on the Western front.
- 1858, Prince George, letter to Sir Colin Campbell:
- The governmental agency in charge of a state's army.
- The army opposed the legislature's involvement.
- (figuratively) A large group of people working toward the same purpose.
- It took an army of accountants to uncover the fraud.
- On sunny days the beaches draw armies of tourists of all kinds.
- 2021 February 2, Nathaniel Popper; Kellen Browning; Erin Griffith, “Robinhood’s C.E.O. Is in the Hot Seat”, in The New York Times[1], ISSN 0362-4331:
- Mr. Tenev, 33, is now in the hot seat again after Robinhood abruptly curtailed its customers’ trading last week amid a frenzy in stocks such as GameStop, which were driven sky high by an army of online investors.
- (figuratively) A large group of social animals working toward the same purpose.
- Our house is being attacked by an army of ants.
- (figuratively) Any multitude.
- There was an army of construction cranes working on building the skyscraper.
- The military as a whole.
- The People's Liberation Army Navy of China.
- The Yugoslav Army consisted of the Navy, Ground Forces, and Air Force.
- Iran's army consists of the Navy, Ground Forces, and Air Force.
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- 50 cent army, fifty-cent army, fifty cent army
- an army marches on its stomach
- army ant
- army base
- army boot, army boots
- army brat
- army creole
- army cutworm
- army golf
- army green
- army group
- army surplus
- army time
- army volunteer
- armyworm, army-worm, army worm
- Black Army
- Black Flag Army
- Blue Army
- bonsai army
- flying army
- Fred Karno's army
- general of the army, General of the Army
- green army, Green Army
- keyboard army
- Lord's Resistance Army
- mud army
- old army game
- people's army
- puppet army
- Red Army
- standing army
- Swiss Army knife
- Swiss Army penknife
- White Army
- you and what army, you and whose army?
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
military force concerned mainly with ground operations
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government agency in charge of a state's army
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large group of people working towards the same purpose
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large group of social animals working towards the same purpose
any multitude
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