military
military is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.The whole body of soldiers; soldiery; militia; troops; the army.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abecedary
- academic
- academy
- alma
- ambo
- amphitheater
- and
- art
- auditorium
- boarding
- book
- box
- cathedra
- chair
- class
- college
- collegiate
- continuation
- convent
- creche
- cyclopedia
- day
- denominational
- desk
- dictionary
- educational
- encyclopedia
- fellowship
- forum
- government
- grade
- grammar
- high
- horn
- hustings
- infant
- institute
- institution
- kindergarten
- lectern
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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