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war establishment

war establishment noun: the number of military troops and equipment that a military unit is supposed to have in wartime.

Noun

war establishment (countable and uncountable, plural war establishments)

  1. the number of military troops and equipment that a military unit is supposed to have in wartime
    • In the case of a European war, we presume that the strength of the different units would be brought up to the regulation full war establishment.1886, The United Service Magazine

Forms of war establishment

pluralwar establishments

Questions about war establishment

What does war establishment mean?
War establishment means the number of military troops and equipment that a military unit is supposed to have in wartime.
What part of speech is war establishment?
War establishment is a noun.
What is the plural of war establishment?
The plural of war establishment is war establishments.

Words near war establishment in the dictionary

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