1.
[syn: military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine]
ADJECTIVE (3)
1. of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare;
- Example: "military law"
2. characteristic of or associated with soldiers or the military;
- Example: "military uniforms"
3. associated with or performed by members of the armed services as contrasted with civilians;
- Example: "military police"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Military \Mil"i*ta*ry\, a. [L. militaris, militarius, from
miles, militis, soldier: cf. F. militaire.]
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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.
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Nor do I, as an enemy to peace,
Troop in the throngs of military men. --Shak.
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2. Performed or made by soldiers; as, a military election; a
military expedition. --Bacon.
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Military \Mil"i*ta*ry\, n. [Cf. F. militaire.]
The whole body of soldiers; soldiery; militia; troops; the
army.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
military
adj 1: of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare;
"military law"
2: characteristic of or associated with soldiers or the
military; "military uniforms" [ant: nonmilitary,
unmilitary]
3: associated with or performed by members of the armed services
as contrasted with civilians; "military police" [ant:
civilian]
n 1: the military forces of a nation; "their military is the
largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same
one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" [syn:
military, armed forces, armed services, military
machine, war machine]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
76 Moby Thesaurus words for "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