a military unit usually consisting of two or more corps with supporting arms and services
3. (modifier)
of, relating to, or characteristic of an army
army rations
4.
any large body of people united for some specific purpose
5.
a large number of people, animals, etc; multitude
Word origin
C14: from Old French armee, from Medieval Latin armāta armed forces; see armada
Examples of 'armies' in a sentence
armies
Following the Second World War, all other modern armies had concentrated upon encouraging small bodies of men to form fighting groups.
Shah, Idries KARA KUSH (2004)
There followed one of those mysterious delays which afflict all armies.
Aldiss, Brian SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE (2004)
We could not let their armies occupy us.
The Times Literary Supplement (2018)
Nato armies and governments need to be more flexible and fleet of foot.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
By the afternoon both armies were on the verge of collapse.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
He said generals did not own armies, they just led them.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Armies no longer face invisible enemies, and nations threaten each other through suborbital space.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It is time for the rival armies to return to their respective trenches.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The notion of armies of very rich pensioners is not the reality.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
What was the most unequally matched battle in history, fought by standing armies?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
All related terms of 'armies'
army
An army is a large organized group of people who are armed and trained to fight on land in a war. Most armies are organized and controlled by governments.
bot army
a group of computers, infected with malign programs via the internet , that can be controlled remotely to, for example , mount denial-of-service attacks
Dad's army
an affectionate or humorous term for the British Home Guard during World War II
land army
an armed force serving on land
field army
the largest formation of a land force, usually consisting of two or more corps with supporting arms and services
standing army
a permanent army of paid soldiers maintained by a nation