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| ar·my [ rmee ] (plural ar·mies) |
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1. branch of armed forces: the branch of a country's armed forces trained to fight on land
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2. large armed group: a trained or armed fighting force
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3. large organized group: a large group of people, especially one that has been organized to do a specific thing
  an army of volunteers cleared the wasteland
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4. large group of things: a very large number of similar things
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| [14th century. Via French armée< medieval Latin armata< past participle of Latin armare (see arm2)] |
