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flying army

flying army noun: a body of cavalry and infantry, kept in motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy in continual alarm.

Noun

flying army (plural flying armies)

  1. (archaic) A body of cavalry and infantry, kept in motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy in continual alarm.
    • a plain demonstration of cowardice in their opposing his late measure of entering England, and pursuing the flying army of the English1749, William Duff, A New and Full, Critical, Biographical, and Geographical History of Scotland

Forms of flying army

pluralflying armies

Questions about flying army

What does flying army mean?
Flying army means a body of cavalry and infantry, kept in motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy in continual alarm.
What part of speech is flying army?
Flying army is a noun.
What is the plural of flying army?
The plural of flying army is flying armies.

Words near flying army in the dictionary

  1. flying aces
  2. flying apart
  3. flying arch
  4. flying arches
  5. flying armies
  6. flying army
  7. flying at
  8. flying baker
  9. Flying Banana
  10. flying bishop
  11. flying bishops

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