volunteer army


noun
  1. a military force composed entirely of enlistees.

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How to use volunteer army in a sentence

  • The privates of the volunteer army are men of judgment, and will use it in spite of red tape and military discipline.

    An Artilleryman's Diary | Jenkin Lloyd Jones
  • Military discipline took one of the sudden jerks in our camp to-day that is so peculiar in the volunteer army.

    An Artilleryman's Diary | Jenkin Lloyd Jones