phalange


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
phalange /ˈfalan(d)ʒ/
noun
  • 1 Anatomy another term for phalanx (sense 3).
  • 2 (Phalange) a right-wing Maronite party in Lebanon.
– derivatives
Phalangist noun & adjective.
– origin C19: back-form. from phalanges, plural of phalanx. Sense 2 is an abbrev. of Fr. Phalanges Libanaises ‘Lebanese phalanxes’.
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