army
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noun (plural armies)
an organized military force equipped for fighting on land:
(一般に)軍隊, 兵力; (軍隊的な)団体, 組織
e.g. the two armies were in position.
(the army or the Army) the branch of a nation's armed services that conducts military operations on land:
(国軍の一部門としての)陸軍(→ navy, air force)
e.g. an enlisted man in the army
e.g. as modifier : army officers.
(an army of or armies of) a large number of people or things, typically formed or organized for a particular purpose:
〖集合的に; ｟英｠ では単複両扱い〗(人･動物などの)群れ, 一団, 一群, ; 〖an ～ of A〗 Aの大群 (!Aは通例C名詞複数形)
e.g. an army of photographers
e.g. armies of cockroaches.
PHRASES
you and whose army?
informal used as an expression of disbelief in someone's ability to carry out a threat:
e.g. “One word to him and I'll nail you.” “You and whose army?”.
an army marches on its stomach
see stomach.
ORIGIN
late Middle English: from Old French armee, from armata, feminine past participle of Latin armare ‘to arm’.