pl. of Woman. [1913 Webster]

women, pl. of WOMAN.

commission on the status of women

1.  army(n = noun.group) ground forces, regular army - a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state;
is a kind of armed service, military service, service
has particulars: host, legion, standing army, union army, army of the confederacy, confederate army, continental army

2.  army(n = noun.group) - a large number of people united for some specific purpose;
is a kind of crowd

3.  army(n = noun.group) u. s. army, united states army, us army, usa - the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare;
is a kind of agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office
is a part of defense, defense department, department of defense, dod, united states department of defense
has parts: ahpcrc, army high performance computing research center, cid, criminal investigation command, special forces, u. s. army special forces, united states army special forces, united states army rangers, united states military academy, us military academy, ai, army intelligence, army national guard, arng

1.  A collection or body of men armed for war, esp. one organized in companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions, under proper officers. [1913 Webster]

2.  A body of persons organized for the advancement of a cause; as, the Blue Ribbon Army. [1913 Webster]

3.  A great number; a vast multitude; a host. [1913 Webster]
"An army of good words." [1913 Webster]

army, n. (pl. -ies)
1 an organized force armed for fighting on land.
2 (prec. by the) the military profession.
3 (often foll. by of) a very large number (an army of locusts; an army of helpers).
4 an organized body regarded as fighting for a particular cause (Salvation Army).

Idiom:
army ant any ant of the subfamily Dorylinae, foraging in large groups. Army List Brit. an official list of commissioned officers. army worm any of various moth or fly larvae occurring in destructive swarms.

Etymology:
ME f. OF armee f. Rmc armata fem. past part. of armare arm

N  assemblage, collection, collocation, colligation, compilation, levy, gathering, ingathering, muster, attroupement, team, concourse, conflux, congregation, contesseration, convergence, meeting, levee, reunion, drawing room, at home, conversazione, assembly, congress, convention, conventicle, gemote, conclave, posse, posse comitatus, Noah's ark, miscellany, collectanea, museum, menagerie, museology, crowd, throng, group, flood, rush, deluge, rabble, mob, press, crush, cohue, horde, body, tribe, crew, gang, knot, squad, band, party, swarm, shoal, school, covey, flock, herd, drove, atajo, bunch, drive, force, mulada, remuda, roundup, array, bevy, galaxy, corps, company, troop, troupe, task force, army, regiment, host, populousness, clan, brotherhood, fraternity, sorority, association, volley, shower, storm, cloud, group, cluster, Pleiades, clump, pencil, set, batch, lot, pack, budget, assortment, bunch, parcel, packet, package, bundle, fascine, fasces, bale, seron, seroon, fagot, wisp, truss, tuft, shock, rick, fardel, stack, sheaf, haycock, fascicle, fascicule, fasciculus, gavel, hattock, stook, accumulation, congeries, heap, lump, pile, rouleau, tissue, mass, pyramid, bing, drift, snowball, snowdrift, acervation, cumulation, glomeration, agglomeration, conglobation, conglomeration, conglomerate, coacervate, coacervation, coagmentation, aggregation, concentration, congestion, omnium gaterum, spicilegium, black hole of Calcutta, quantity, collector, gatherer, whip, whipper in, assembled, closely packed, dense, serried, crowded to suffocation, teeming, swarming, populous, as thick as hops, all of a heap, fasciculated cumulative, the plot thickens, acervatim, tibi seris tibi metis.

N  combatant, disputant, controversialist, polemic, litigant, belligerent, competitor, rival, corrival, fighter, assailant, champion, Paladin, mosstrooper, swashbuckler fire eater, duelist, bully, bludgeon man, rough, prize fighter, pugilist, boxer, bruiser, the fancy, gladiator, athlete, wrestler, fighting-cock, game-cock, warrior, soldier, fighting man, Amazon, man at arms, armigerent, campaigner, veteran, swordsman, sabreur, redcoat, military man, Rajput, armed force, troops, soldiery, military forces, sabaoth, the army, standing army, regulars, the line, troops of the line, militia, yeomanry, volunteers, trainband, fencible, auxiliary, bersagliere, brave, garde-nationale, garde-royale, minuteman, auxiliary forces, reserve forces, reserves, posse comitatus, national guard, gendarme, beefeater, guards, guardsman, yeomen of the guard, life guards, household troops, janissary, myrmidon, Mama, Mameluke, spahee, spahi, Cossack, Croat, Pandoz, irregular, guerilla, partisan, condottiere, franctireur, tirailleur, bashi-bazouk, vietminh, vietcong, shining path, contras, huk, hukbalahap, mercenary, soldier of fortune, hired gun, gunfighter, gunslinger, bushwhacker, free lance, companion, Hessian, hit man torpedo, soldier, levy, draught, Landwehr, Landsturm, conscript, recruit, cadet, raw levies, infantry, infantryman, private, private soldier, foot soldier, Tommy Atkins, rank and file, peon, trooper, sepoy, legionnaire, legionary, cannon fodder, food for powder, officer, subaltern, ensign, standard bearer, spearman, pikeman, spear bearer, halberdier, lancer, musketeer, carabineer, rifleman, jager, sharpshooter, yager, skirmisher, grenadier, fusileer, archer, bowman, horse and foot, horse soldier, cavalry, horse, artillery, horse artillery, light horse, voltigeur, uhlan, mounted rifles, dragoon, hussar, light dragoon, heavy dragoon, heavy, cuirassier, Foot Guards, Horse Guards, gunner, cannoneer, bombardier, artilleryman, matross, sapper, sapper and miner, engineer, light infantry, rifles, chasseur, zouave, military train, coolie, army, corps d'armee, host, division, battalia, column, wing, detachment, garrison, flying column, brigade, regiment, corps, battalion, sotnia, squadron, company, platoon, battery, subdivision, section, squad, piquet, picket, guard, rank, file, legion, phalanx, cohort, cloud of skirmishers, war horse, charger, destrier, marine, man-of-war's man, navy, wooden walls, naval forces, fleet, flotilla, armada, squadron, man-of-war, destroyer, submarine, minesweeper, torpedo-boat, torpedo-destroyer, patrol torpedo boat, PT boat, torpedo- catcher, war castle, H, M, S, battleship, battle wagon, dreadnought, line of battle ship, ship of the line, aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, helicopter carrier, missile platform, missile boat, ironclad, turret ship, ram, monitor, floating battery, first- rate, frigate, sloop of war, corvette, gunboat, bomb vessel, flagship, guard ship, cruiser, armored cruiser, protected cruiser, privateer, tender, store ship, troop ship, transport, catamaran, merchant marine.

N  multitude, numerous, numerosity, numerality, multiplicity, profusion, legion, host, great number, large number, round number, enormous number, a quantity, numbers, array, sight, army, sea, galaxy, scores, peck, bushel, shoal, swarm, draught, bevy, cloud, flock, herd, drove, flight, covey, hive, brood, litter, farrow, fry, nest, crowd, lots, all in the world and his wife, greater number, majority, multiplication, multiple, many, several, sundry, divers, various, not a few, Briarean, a hundred, a thousand, a myriad, a million, a quadrillion, a nonillion, a thousand and one, some ten or a dozen, some forty or fifty, half a dozen, half a hundred, very many, full many, ever so many, numerous, numerose, profuse, in profusion, manifold, multiplied, multitudinous, multiple, multinominal, teeming, populous, peopled, crowded, thick, studded, galore, thick coming, many more, more than one can tell, a world of, no end of, no end to, cum multis aliis, thick as hops, thick as hail, plenty as blackberries, numerous as the stars in the firmament, numerous as the sands on the seashore, numerous as the hairs on the head, and what not, and heaven knows what, endless, their name is 'legion', acervatim, en foule, many- headed multitude, numerous as glittering gems of morning dew, vel prece vel pretio.

aden-abyan islamic army, armenian secret army for the liberation of armenia, army ant, army attache, army base, army brat, army corps, army cutworm, army engineer, army for the liberation of rwanda, army high performance computing research center, army hut, army intelligence, army national guard, army of muhammad, army of the confederacy, army of the pure, army of the righteous, army officer, army organization, army tank, army unit, army worm, confederate army, continental army, continuity army council, continuity irish republican army, corsican army, dissident irish republican army, irish national liberation army, irish republican army, islamic army of aden, islamic army of aden-abyan, japanese red army, lord's resistance army, national liberation army, network army, new people's army, people's liberation army, people's republican army, provisional irish republican army, real irish republican army, red army faction, regular army, revolutionary proletarian army, salvation army, standing army, territorial army, tupac katari guerrilla army, u. s. army, u. s. army special forces, u.s. army criminal investigation laboratory, union army, united states army, united states army criminal investigation laborato, united states army rangers, united states army special forces, us army, us army criminal investigation laboratory, women's army corps

1.  corps(n = noun.group) army corps - an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support;
is a kind of army unit
is a member of army, ground forces, regular army
has particulars: wac, women's army corps, reserve officers training corps, rotc

2.  corps(n = noun.group) - a body of people associated together; "diplomatic corps"
is a kind of body
has particulars: corps diplomatique, diplomatic corps, diplomatic service

1.  The human body, whether living or dead. [1913 Webster]
"By what craft in my corps, it cometh [commences] and where." [1913 Webster]

2.  A body of men; esp., an organized division of the military establishment; as, the marine corps; the corps of topographical engineers; specifically, an army corps. [1913 Webster]
"A corps operating with an army should consist of three divisions of the line, a brigade of artillery, and a regiment of cavalry." [1913 Webster]

3.  A body or code of laws. [1913 Webster]
"The whole corps of the law." [1913 Webster]

4.  The land with which a prebend or other ecclesiastical office is endowed. [1913 Webster]
"The prebendaries over and above their reserved rents have a corps." [1913 Webster]

5.  In some countries of Europe, a form of students' social society binding the members to strict adherence to certain student customs and its code of honor; -- Ger. spelling usually korps. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]