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   ar·my

   /ˈärmē/

   noun

   • 1. an organized military force equipped for fighting on land: "the two armies were in position" Similar armed forcefighting forcedefense forcemilitary forcethe militaryland forcesoldieryinfantrymilitiahordetroopssoldiersland forcesinformal, dated:thin red linearchaic:host
   • ▪ the branch of a nation's armed services that conducts military operations on land: "an enlisted man in the army"
   • ▪ a large number of people or things, typically formed or organized for a particular purpose: "an army of photographers" Similar crowdswarmmultitudehordehostmobgangthrongstreammassbodybandtrooplegionflockherdpackdroveseaarrayliterary:myriad

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French armee, from armata, feminine past participle of Latin armare ‘to arm’.

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