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View synonyms for standing army
standing army
noun
- a permanently organized military force maintained by a nation.
standing army
noun
- a permanent army of paid soldiers maintained by a nation
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Word History and Origins
Origin of standing army1
First recorded in 1595–1605
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Example Sentences
Above all, he was amazed to hear me talk of a mercenary standing army in the midst of peace and among a free people.
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From such evils, it was said, no country could be secure which was cursed with a standing army.
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But before the Revolution our ancestors had known a standing army only as an instrument of lawless power.
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The parliamentary conflict on the great question of a standing army was preceded by a literary conflict.
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He declared therefore that he abhorred the thought of a standing army.
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