army

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A country's military force, especially the part that fights on land.

   He joined the army at the age of eighteen.

2. 2
   noun

   A very large group of people doing the same thing or working toward the same goal.

   An army of volunteers helped clean up the beach.

3. 3
   noun

   A huge number of animals moving together.

   An army of ants marched across the kitchen floor.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmosder. Latin arma Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin armō ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin armātus Anglo-Norman armeebor. Middle English armee English army From (1386) Middle English armee, borrowed from Old French armee (cf. modern French armée), from Medieval Latin armāta (“armed force”), a noun taken from the past participle of…

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