plural armies
1
a
: a large organized body of armed personnel trained for war especially on land
b
: a unit capable of independent action and consisting usually of a headquarters, two or more corps, and auxiliary troops
c
often capitalized
: the complete military organization of a nation for land warfare
2
: a great multitude
an army of birds
3
: a body of persons organized to advance a cause
Examples of army in a Sentence
the armies of Alexander the Great
He left home and joined the army after he graduated from high school.
The company employs an army of lawyers to handle its legal affairs.
They sent in a whole army of trained technicians.
The organization was founded by a dedicated army of volunteers.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 10 Jan. 2025
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Five crew cut stepbrothers back from the army would knuckle punch the family puppy.
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—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 10 Jan. 2025
On his YouTube livestream discussing the fires, the climate scientist Daniel Swain compared the combined fleet of vehicles, aircraft, and personnel to the army of a small nation.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
Five crew cut stepbrothers back from the army would knuckle punch the family puppy.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
His bottles of wine — part of a collection seized by the Soviet army as a trophy at the end of World War II and deposited in a labyrinthine underground cellar in Moldova — are still on display.
—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Army.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/army. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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army
noun
ar·my
ˈär-mē 
plural armies
1
a
: a large body of men and women organized for land warfare
b
often capitalized
: the complete military organization of a nation for land warfare
2
: a great number of persons or things
3
: a body of persons organized to promote an idea
Etymology
Middle English armee "army," from early French armee (same meaning), derived from Latin arma "weapons"
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