army

1. A permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state (synset 108208160)
   referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation
   is a type of: armed service, military service, service - a force that is a branch of the armed forces
   subtypes:

   • host, legion - archaic terms for army
   • standing army - a permanent army of paid soldiers
   • union army - the northern army during the American Civil War
   • army of the confederacy, confederate army - the southern army during the American Civil War
   • continental army - the American army during the American Revolution
   member holonym:

   • army unit - a military unit that is part of an army
   • army corps, corps - an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support
   same as: ground forces, regular army
2. A large number of people united for some specific purpose (synset 108200208)
   is a type of: crowd - a large number of things or people considered together
3. The army of the United States of America;
   The agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare (synset 108411879)
   referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation
   is a type of: agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office - an administrative unit of government
   has:

   • ahpcrc, army high performance computing research center - a United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications; a partnership of government and university and industry
   • cid, criminal investigation command - the United States Army's principal law enforcement agency responsible for the conduct of criminal investigations for all levels of the Army anywhere in the world
   • special forces, u. s. army special forces, united states army special forces - a division of the United States Army that is specially trained for guerilla fighting
   • united states army rangers - a specially trained elite unit of the United States Army
   • united states military academy, us military academy - a school for training men and women to become officers in the United States Army
   • ai, army intelligence - an agency of the United States Army responsible for providing timely and relevant and accurate and synchronized intelligence to tactical and operational and strategic level commanders
   • army national guard, arng - a civilian reserve component of the United States Army comprised of guardsmen who serve during overseas peacekeeping missions and during local emergencies
   is a part of: defense, defense department, department of defense, dod, united states department of defense - the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947
   same as: u. s. army, united states army, us army, usa

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