an organization of military land forces

a large number of people united for some specific purpose

a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state

A collection or body of men armed for war, esp. one organized in companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions, under proper officers.

A body of persons organized for the advancement of a cause; as, the Blue Ribbon Army.

A great number; a vast multitude; a host.

A body of men trained and equipped for war on land, and organized under proper officers; a great number or multitude; an organized body of persons engaged in moral warfare.

A large body of men armed for war and under military command: a host.

A large body of armed men; a host.

A body of armed men; a great number; a vast multitude.

A body of men armed for war; a host : pass of arms, a kind of combat with swords : stand of arms, a complete set of arms for one soldier : coats of arms, in her., any signs of arms or devices, painted or engraved, used as symbols of quality or distinction.

But her brother was in the American army, and her heart really went with her country. – A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia by Amanda Minnie Douglas

Well, this boy had brothers who were away from home in the army, fighting. – The Children's Six Minutes by Bruce S. Wright

We started late and our small army arrived after nine o'clock. – The Portal of Dreams by Charles Neville Buck

I know enough of army matters to know that this thing is all over the post and will soon be all over Texas. – A Trooper Galahad by Charles King

I ask for leave to go into the army, and Madam Esmond does not answer me. – The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray

And you, who have been in it, seem to be 'sore' on the army. – The Locusts' Years by Mary Helen Fee

Suppose you do try the army. – A Singer from the Sea by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

Seward: Is Lee's army broken? – Abraham Lincoln by John Drinkwater

What is the use of a President when there's a standin army? – Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia by Seba Smith

We move down to attack the army of the Khania beyond the river. – Ayesha The Further History of She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed by H. Rider Haggard

Why, my father's captain in the army! – Captain Horace by Sophie May

Play up the feet of the army. – When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Complete by Gilbert Parker Last Updated: March 15, 2009

These are what have made it the first army in Germany. – The Prussian Terror by Alexandre Dumas

I went into the army instead of into my father's business. – Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw

Had it been his love for her, or the army service, or the war in France, or the struggle for life and health afterwards? – The Call of the Canyon by Zane Grey

There was still no standing army. – The History of England from the Accession of James II. Volume 1 (of 5) by Thomas Babington Macaulay

Captain Keith and the army. – The Clever Woman of the Family by Charlotte M. Yonge

He can't show the people that he is afraid of his own army. – Soldiers of Fortune by Richard Harding Davis

" If the Army won't help us we have a right to help ourselves," she observed. – More Tish by Mary Roberts Rinehart

" It is having one army to keep another army in order," he would say. – From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by Captain A. T. Mahan