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Army
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- 1 A sports team representing the US Military Academy at West Point.
"Army has several returning starters this year."
- 2 Hexagram 7 of the I Ching (䷆)
- 1 A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
"An army never can be commanded or controlled by civilians."
- 2 The fandom of the K-pop boy band BTS. slang, uncountable
"ARMY are clever, too: they urged fans not to buy J-Hope's mixtape Hope World on its release date, having worked out that delaying by a day would result in a higher ranking in the Billboard charts."
- 3 a large number of people united for some specific purpose wordnet
- 4 A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.; Used absolutely for that entire branch of the armed forces.
"The army received a bigger share of this year's budget increase than the navy or air force."
- 5 An individual fan of the K-pop boy band BTS. countable, slang
"Entering the theater, I expected the room to be filled with ARMYs decked out in their BTS merchandise."
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- 6 a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state wordnet
- 7 A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.; Within a vast military, a very large tactical contingent (e.g. a number of divisions). capitalized, often
"The Fourth Army suffered such losses that its remainders were merged into the Second Army, also deployed on the Western front."
- 8 the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare wordnet
- 9 The governmental agency in charge of a state's army.
"The army opposed the legislature's involvement."
- 10 A large group of people working toward the same purpose. figuratively
"It took an army of accountants to uncover the fraud."
- 11 A large group of social animals working toward the same purpose. figuratively
"Our house is being attacked by an army of ants."
- 12 Any multitude. figuratively
"There was an army of construction cranes working on building the skyscraper."
- 13 The military as a whole.
"The People's Liberation Army Navy of China."
Etymology
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 (“tools, arms”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to join, fit together”). Doublet of armada. Displaced native Old English here and fierd.
From an acronym/backronym based on army ("Adorable Representative for MC Youth"), suggesting a large, devoted fanbase.
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