armed forces
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
armed forces (also armed services)
▶plural noun a country's army, navy, and air force.
'armed forces' also found in these Oxford entries:
active service
- air force
- artificer
- artillery
- batman
- battle
- besiege
- brass hat
- call-up
- cashier
- chief warrant officer
- combat
- command
- commander-in-chief
- conscientious objector
- defaulter
- desert
- deserter
- disarm
- dishonourable discharge
- enemy
- engagement
- enlisted man
- ex-service
- ex-serviceman
- first post
- join
- last post
- lifer
- line
- marshal
- martinet
- master sergeant
- medic
- mess
- military
- military honours
- military police
- MRE
- national service
- officer
- other ranks
- pass
- post
- posting
- rank
- ration
- recruit
- regular
