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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military force, usually for land |
| Synonyms: | armed force, artillery, battalion, battery, brigade, cavalry, column, command, company, corps, detail, division, flight, formation, infantry, legion, outfit, patrol unit, platoon, regiment, soldiers, soldiery, squad, troops, wing |
| Main Entry: | battalion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military division |
| Synonyms: | army, brigade, company, contingent, corps, force, horde, host, legion, multitude, regiment, squadron, throng, unit |
| Main Entry: | brigade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fleet of trained people |
| Synonyms: | army, band, body, company, contingent, corps, crew, detachment, force, group, organization, outfit, party, posse, squad, team, troop, unit |
| Antonyms: | individual, one |
| Main Entry: | cavalry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | troops riding horses |
| Synonyms: | Mounties, army, bowlegs, chasseurs, cuirassiers, dragoons, horse, horse soldiers, hussars, lancers, mounted troops, rangers, squadron, uhlans |
| Notes: | Calvary is a hill near ancient Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified while a cavalry is troops trained to fight on horseback or a highly mobile army unit |
| Main Entry: | cloud |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crowd |
| Synonyms: | army, dense mass, flock, horde, host, legion, multitude, rout, scores, shower, swarm, throng |
| Main Entry: | concentration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aggregation |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, army, array, audience, band, cluster, collection, company, concourse, convergence, flock, group, herd, horde, mass, miscellany, mob, party |
| Antonyms: | dispersal, scattering, separation |
| Main Entry: | crowd |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large assembly |
| Synonyms: | army, array, blowout, bunch, cattle, circle, clique, cloud, cluster, company, concourse, confluence, conflux, congeries, congregation, coterie, crew, crush, deluge, drove, faction, flock, flood, gaggle, great unwashed, group, herd, horde, host, jam, legion, lot, mass, masses, meet, mob, multitude, muster, organization, pack, party, people, posse, press, rabble, rank and file, scores, sellout, set, stream, surge, swarm, throng, troupe, tumult |
| Main Entry: | detachment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military troop |
| Synonyms: | army, body, detail, division, force, organization, party, patrol, special force, squad, task force, troupe, unit |
| Main Entry: | detail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military troop |
| Synonyms: | KP, army, assignment, body, detachment, duty, fatigue, force, kitchen police, organization, party, special force, squad, unit |
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