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army
has definitions from the field of military
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[ noun ] (military) a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
Synonyms Used in print (Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)The soldiers who comprised the rank_and_file of the Civil_War armies were an earthy people . (Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)Today a battle_cry may seem an anachronism , for in the modern Army , esprit_de_corps has been sacrificed to organizational charts and tables . Chandler had been commissioned in the Medical_Service_Corps and was serving as a personnel officer for the Kansas_City_Medical_Depot when he decided that if he was going_to make the Army his career , he wanted to be in the fighting part of it . He had enlisted in the Army straight out of high_school and had immediately set_about learning his new trade . Further , he had taken full advantage of the Army 's correspondence_courses . |
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[ noun ] a large number of people united for some specific purpose
Used in print (The New York Times,...)From the standpoint of the army of duffers , however , this was easily the most heartening exhibition they had had since Ben_Hogan fell upon evil ways during his heyday and scored an 11 in the Texas_open . Related terms |
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