# army

Pronunciation: US say "AHR-mee" /ˈɑɹ.mi/; UK say "AH-mee" /ˈɑː.miː/

## Noun

1. A large organized military force that fights on land, especially a country's permanent land forces as an institution.
   - Simple: A large group of soldiers trained to fight on land, especially a country's own land forces.
   - _The general led his army across the river before dawn._
   - _The two armies clashed on the open plain._
2. A very large number of people, animals, or things, often working together toward one purpose.
   - Simple: A very large group of people, animals, or things, often working together.
   - _An army of reporters gathered outside the courthouse._
   - _Armies of fundraisers went door to door across the city._
3. The armed forces of a country considered as a whole, including land, sea, and air units.
   - Simple: All of a country's military forces, including its land, sea, and air forces.
   - _The country's army includes naval and air units under one command._
   - _In Vietnam, the navy and the air defense forces are both branches of the national army, which covers all of the country's armed services._
4. A very large tactical formation within a military, typically made up of several divisions under one command.
   - Simple: A very large group of soldiers, made up of several smaller fighting groups acting as one.
   - _The general commanded an army of several divisions during the campaign._
   - _Two armies were merged under a single front headquarters._

## Origin

Latin armāre ("to arm"), related to arma ("tools, arms") and going back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ("to join, fit together"), had a past participle that Medieval Latin made into the noun armāta ("armed force"). Old French turned this into armee, and Middle English borrowed armee from it. Armada is a doublet, and the word pushed out the native Old English here and fierd.

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