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army

noun
/ˈɑː.mi/UK/ˈɑɹ.mi/US/ˈɐː.mi(ː)/

Etymology

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 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.

  1. derived from *h₂er-✻
  2. derived from armāre
  3. derived from armāta
  4. derived from armee
  5. inherited from armee

Definitions

  1. A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air…

    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.
    • The army was sent in to quell the uprising.

  2. The governmental agency in charge of a state's army.

    • The army opposed the legislature's involvement.

  3. A large group of people working toward the same purpose.

    • It took an army of accountants to uncover the fraud.
    • On sunny days the beaches draw armies of tourists of all kinds.
    • Mr. Tenev, 33, is now in the hot seat again after Robinhood abruptly curtailed its customers’ trading last week amid a frenzy in stocks such as GameStop, which were driven sky high by an army of online investors.
  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. A large group of social animals working toward the same purpose.

      • Our house is being attacked by an army of ants.

    2. Any multitude.

      • There was an army of construction cranes working on building the skyscraper.

    3. The military as a whole.

      • The People's Liberation Army Navy of China.
      • The Yugoslav Army consisted of the War Navy, Ground Forces, and Air Force.
      • Iran's army consists of the Navy, Ground Forces, and Air Force.

    4. A sports team representing the US Military Academy at West Point.

      • Army has several returning starters this year.

    5. Hexagram 7 of the I Ching (䷆)

    6. The fandom of the K-pop boy band BTS.

      • 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.
      • In this manner, ARMY gives charity in the name of BTS, and BTS responds by returning charity back to society in the name of ARMY.
      • The BTS boys love telling ARMY how important they are to them—without ARMY's unwavering love and support, BTS wouldn't be where they are today.

    7. An individual fan of the K-pop boy band BTS.

      • Entering the theater, I expected the room to be filled with ARMYs decked out in their BTS merchandise.
      • It began when an ARMY tweeted something along the lines of: “If there are so many of us everywhere in the world, shouldn't we make a change and help people?”
      • As of this writing, the Philippines is not included in the tour but Filipino ARMYs are hoping the group will eventually perform in Manila for a fourth time.

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Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at army. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at army. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at army

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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