army
noun
[ ˈɑːmi ]
• an organized military force equipped for fighting on land.
• "the two armies were in position"
Similar:
armed force,
fighting force,
defence force,
military force,
the military,
land force,
soldiery,
infantry,
militia,
horde,
troops,
soldiers,
land forces,
thin red line,
host,
• a large number of people or things.
• "an army of photographers"
Similar:
crowd,
swarm,
multitude,
horde,
host,
mob,
gang,
throng,
stream,
mass,
body,
band,
troop,
legion,
flock,
herd,
pack,
drove,
sea,
array,
myriad,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French armee, from armata, feminine past participle of Latin armare ‘to arm’.
