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volunteer army

noun

  1. a military force composed entirely of enlistees.


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For the foreseeable future, Israel will not be fielding a volunteer army.

He used to visit college campuses and, when challenged, ask how many people in the hall favored a volunteer army.

His father, a man of means, was prominent as one of the pioneers in organizing the volunteer army of Great Britain.

Before he could arrive, the untrained volunteer army of Schleswig-Holsteiners suffered defeat at Bau.

As the basis of every volunteer army our country raised was found the organized, volunteer militia.

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

Military discipline took one of the sudden jerks in our camp to-day that is so peculiar in the volunteer army.

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