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Military

Military Meaning & Definition
Military Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Military?

[n] the military forces of a nation
[adj] associated with or performed by armed services as contrasted with civilians; "military police"
[adj] characteristic of or associated with soldiers or the military; "military uniforms"
[adj] of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare; "military law"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Military: armed forces | combatant | expeditionary | martial | martial(a) | militaristic | noncombatant | soldierlike | soldierly | warlike | warriorlike

Related Terms | Find terms related to Military: aggressive | air force | antagonistic | armed force | armed forces | armed service | army | array | battling | bellicose | belligerent | bloodthirsty | bloody | bloody-minded | career soldiers | chauvinist | chauvinistic | combative | contentious | enemy | ferocious | fierce | fighting | fighting machine | forces | full of fight | ground forces | ground troops | hawkish | host | hostile | inimical | jingo | jingoish | jingoist | jingoistic | legions | martial | militant | militaristic | military establishment | naval | navy | occupation force | offensive | paratroops | pugnacious | quarrelsome | rank and file | ranks | regular army | regulars | saber-rattling | sanguinary | sanguineous | savage | scrappy | service | ski troops | soldierlike | soldierly | soldiery | standing army | storm troops | the line | the military | trigger-happy | troops | truculent | unfriendly | unpacific | unpeaceable | unpeaceful | warlike | warmongering | warring

See Also | armed service | cadre | force | medic | medical officer | military reserve | military service | Pentagon | personnel | reserve | service

Military In Webster's Dictionary

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

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