单词 | land-force |
释义 | land-forcen. A force serving on land; a military as opposed to a naval force. Also plural the troops or soldiers composing such a force. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > [noun] > an army ferd823 herec855 drightOE drightfolkOE ferdingc1000 gingOE land-fyrd11.. hostc1290 powerc1300 preyc1300 chivalry1382 puissance1423 enarmec1430 exercite1485 force1487 armya1522 land-force1614 wall1657 ground force1929 society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > [noun] army1698 land-force1790 brown job1943 Dad's Army1970 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. viii. §1. 88 A Nauie..ouerthrew the fleet of Xerxes, whose Land-forces were soone after discomfited by them. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. II. 191 Having on board..near 3,000 land~forces. 1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece V. ii. xxxviii. 38 He surveyed..his masses of land-force covering the shore. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1614 |
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