| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ar·my |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  är m |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. ar·mies
1a. A large body of people organized and trained for land warfare. b. often Army The entire military land forces of a country. c. A tactical and administrative military unit consisting of a headquarters, two or more corps, and auxiliary forces. 2. A large group of people organized for a specific cause: the construction army that built the Panama Canal. 3. A multitude; a host: An army of waiters served at the banquet. See synonyms at multitude. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English armee, from Old French, from Medieval Latin arm ta, from Latin, feminine past participle of armre, to arm, from arma, arms. See ar- in Appendix I.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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