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armed forces
–plural noun
| military, naval, and air forces, esp. of a nation or of a number of nations. |
Also called armed services.
Origin:
1685–95
1685–95
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| armed forces
pl.n. The military forces of a country. Also called armed services. |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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| armed services | |
noun | |
| the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" [syn: military] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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