military
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
military/ˈmɪlətri/
▶adjective relating to or characteristic of soldiers or armed forces. ▶noun (the military) the armed forces of a country.
– derivatives
militarily adverb.
militarily adverb.
– origin ME: from Fr. militaire or L. militaris, from miles, milit- ‘soldier’.
'military' also found in these Oxford entries:
about-turn
- ack-ack
- action stations
- active service
- adjutant
- aga
- aide-de-camp
- aiguillette
- airbase
- airhead
- alert
- ally
- amphibious
- anabasis
- angary
- armament
- armour
- army
- arsenal
- asymmetrical warfare
- attention
- AWOL
- Bailey bridge
- bandit
- bandmaster
- base
- base hospital
- battle
- blanco
- Blighty
- blitz
- blitzkrieg
- blouse
- blue
- bogey
- boot camp
- bracket
- break
- brevet
- brigade
- buck
- budo
- bugle
- bulge
- camouflage
- campaign
- camp follower
- cantonment
- caudillo
- chamber
