army

Meaning

Noun

• A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
• The governmental agency in charge of a state's army.
• A large group of people working toward the same purpose.
• A large group of social animals working toward the same purpose.
• Any multitude.
• The military as a whole.

Related

Similar words

• host
• here

Origin

• 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 Latin armāre ("to arm"), itself related to arma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ("to join, fit together").
• armada. Displaced native Middle English heere, here, from Old English here.