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ˈland-force
A force serving on land; a military as opposed to a naval force. Also pl. the troops or soldiers composing such a force.
1614Raleigh Hist. World iii. (1634) 73 The Navie of Athens..over-threw the fleet of Xerxes, whose Land-forces were soone after discomfited by them. 1790Beatson Nav. & Mil. Mem. II. 191 Having on board..near 3,000 land⁓forces. 1849Grote Greece ii. xxxviii. V. 38 He surveyed..his masses of land-force covering the shore. |