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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military |
| Synonyms: | armed forces, army, assemblage, assembly, band, body, bunch, collection, combatants, company, contingent, corps, crew, crowd, delegation, drove, fighting men, flock, forces, gang, gathering, herd, horde, host, legion, men, military, multitude, number, outfit, pack, party, servicemen, soldiers, soldiery, squad, swarm, team, throng, troopers, troops, troupe, unit |
| Notes: | troop is from Latin troppus 'flock' and is a group of people or animals; troupe is a company of actors or performers |
| Concept: | Combatant. |
| Category: | 1. Conditional Antagonism |
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combatant; disputant, controversialist, polemic, litigant, belligerent; competitor, rival, corrival; fighter, assailant; champion, Paladin; mosstrooper, swashbuckler, fire eater, duelist, bully, bludgeon man, rough., prize fighter, pugilist, boxer, bruiser, the fancy, gladiator, athlete, wrestler; fighting-cock, game-cock; ., warrior, soldier, fighting man, Amazon, man at arms, armigerent; campaigner, veteran; swordsman, sabreur, redcoat, military man, Rajput., armed force, troops, soldiery, military forces, sabaoth, the army, standing army, regulars, the line, troops of the line, militia, yeomanry, volunteers, trainband, fencible; auxiliary, bersagliere, brave; garde-nationale, garde-royale; minuteman [Am. Hist.]; auxiliary forces, reserve forces; reserves, posse comitatus, national guard, gendarme, beefeater; guards, guardsman; yeomen of the guard, life guards, household troops., janissary; myrmidon; Mama, Mameluke; spahee, spahi, Cossack, Croat, Pandoz; irregular, franctireur, tirailleur, bash-bazouk, guerilla, condottiere., mercenary; bushwhacker, free lance, companion; Hessian., levy, draught; Landwehr, Landsturm; conscript, recruit, cadet, raw levies., private, private soldier; Tommy Atkins, rank and file, peon, trooper, sepoy, legionnaire, legionary, food for powder; officer (commander); subaltern, ensign, standard bearer; spearman, pikeman; halberdier, lancer; musketeer, carabineer, rifleman, jager, sharpshooter, yager, skirmisher; grenadier, fusileer; archer, bowmann., horse and foot; horse soldier, foot soldier; cavalry, horse, artillery, horse artillery, infantry, light horse, voltigeur, uhlan, mounted rifles, dragoon, hussar; light dragoon, heavy dragoon; heavy; cuirassier; Foot Guards, Horse Guards; gunner, cannoneer, bombardier, artilleryman, matross; sapper, sapper and miner; engineer; light infantry, rifles,chasseur, zouave; military train, coolie., army, corps d'armee, host, division, battalia, column, wing, detachment, garrison, flying column, brigade, regiment, corps, battalion, sotnia, squadron, company, platoon, battery, subdivision, section, squad; piquet, picket, guard, rank, file; legion, phalanx, cohort; cloud of skirmishers., war horse, charger, destrier., marine, man-of-war's man (sailor) [more]; navy, wooden walls, naval forces, fleet, flotilla, armada, squadron., man-of-war; armored cruiser, protected cruiser; destroyer; submarine; torpedo-boat, torpedo-destroyer; torpedo-catcher, war castle, H.M.S., Her/His Majesty's Ship; line of battle ship, ship of the line; ironclad, turret ship, ram, monitor, floating battery; first-rate, frigate, sloop of war, corvette, gunboat, bomb vessel; flagship, guard ship, cruiser; privateer;, tender; store ship, troop ship; transport, catamaran.
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