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mil·i·tar·y

[mil-i-ter-ee] Pronunciation Key adjective, noun, plural -tar·ies, -tar·y.

–adjective

1.	of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.

2.	of, for, or pertaining to war: military preparedness.

3.	of or pertaining to soldiers.

4.	befitting, characteristic of, or noting a soldier: a military bearing.

5.	following the life of a soldier: a military career.

6.	performed by soldiers: military duty.

–noun

the military,

a.	the military establishment of a nation; the armed forces.

b.	military personnel, esp. commissioned officers, taken collectively: the bar, the press, and the military.

[Origin: 1575–85; < L mīlitāri(s), equiv. to mīlit- (s. of mīles) soldier + -āris -ary

]

—Related forms

mil·i·tar·i·ly

[mil-i-tair-uh-lee, mil-i-ter-uh-lee] Pronunciation Key, adverb

mil·i·tar·i·ness, noun

—Synonyms 3. soldierly, soldierlike, martial.

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mil·i·tar·y (mĭl'ĭ-těr'ē) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of members of the armed forces: a military bearing; military attire.
Performed or supported by the armed forces: military service.
Of or relating to war: military operations.
Of or relating to land forces.

n. pl. military also mil·i·tar·ies

Armed forces: a country ruled by the military.
Members, especially officers, of an armed force.

[Middle English, from Latin mīlitāris, from mīles, mīlit-, soldier.]

mil'i·tar'i·ly (-târ'ə-lē) adv.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
military

1460, from M.Fr. militaire, from L. militaris "of soldiers or war," from miles (gen. militis) "soldier," perhaps ult. from Etruscan, or else meaning "one who marches in a troop," and thus connected to Skt. melah "assembly," Gk. homilos "assembled crowd, throng." The noun sense of "soldiers generally" is attested from 1757. Military-industrial complex coined 1961 in farewell speech of U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower. Militarism is first recorded 1864, from Fr. militarisme.

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WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This

military
adjective
1.	of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare; "military law"
2.	characteristic of or associated with soldiers or the military; "military uniforms" [ant: nonmilitary]
3.	associated with or performed by members of the armed services as contrasted with civilians; "military police" [ant: civilian]
noun
1.	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"

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Culver Military, IN Zip code(s): 46511

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Military

Mil"i*ta*ry\, a. [L. militaris, militarius, from miles, militis, soldier: cf. F. militaire.]

1. Of or pertaining to soldiers, to arms, or to war; belonging to, engaged in, or appropriate to, the affairs of war; as, a military parade; military discipline; military bravery; military conduct; military renown.

Nor do I, as an enemy to peace, Troop in the throngs of military men. --Shak.

2. Performed or made by soldiers; as, a military election; a military expedition. --Bacon.

Military law. See Martial law, under Martial.

Military order. (a) A command proceeding from a military superior. (b) An association of military persons under a bond of certain peculiar rules; especially, such an association of knights in the Middle Ages, or a body in modern times taking a similar form, membership of which confers some distinction.

Military tenure, tenure of land, on condition of performing military service.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Military

Mil"i*ta*ry\, n. [Cf. F. militaire.] The whole body of soldiers; soldiery; militia; troops; the army.

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