Army Definition
ärmē
armies
noun
armies
A large body of people organized and trained for land warfare.
American Heritage
A large, organized body of soldiers for waging war, esp. on land.
Webster's New World
The entire military land forces of a country.
American Heritage
A military unit, usually two or more army corps, together with auxiliary troops.
Webster's New World
A tactical and administrative military unit consisting of a headquarters, two or more corps, and auxiliary forces.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- multitude
- ground-forces
- regular army
- usa
- U. S. Army
- US Army
- united states army
- cohue
- van
- troops
- throng. associatedwords: militia
- tactics
- stratography
- strategy
- ployment
pronoun
A sports team representing the US Military Academy at West Point.
Army has several returning starters this year.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Army
Noun
Singular:
army
Plural:
armiesOrigin of Army
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From (1386) Middle English armee, from Old French armee (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”). Displaced native Old English here.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English armee from Old French from Medieval Latin armāta from Latin feminine past participle of armāre to arm from arma arms ar- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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