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Armor
noun · 78% connection
Steel or iron covering, whether of ships or forts, protecting them from the fire of artillery.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: body, troops, whether, cavalry, artillery.
Army
noun · 78% connection
A collection or body of men armed for war, esp. one organized in companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions, under prop…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: body, troops, whether, cavalry, artillery.
Battalia
noun · 78% connection
Order of battle; disposition or arrangement of troops (brigades, regiments, battalions, etc.), or of a naval force, for action.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: body, troops, whether, cavalry, artillery.
Battalion
noun · 78% connection
A body of troops; esp. a body of troops or an army in battle array.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: body, troops, whether, cavalry, artillery.
Battery
verb · 78% connection
A company or division of artillery, including the gunners, guns, horses, and all equipments. In the United States, a battery of flying…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: body, troops, whether, cavalry, artillery.
Brigadier general
unknown · 78% connection
An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major general. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by a shortening of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: body, troops, whether, cavalry, artillery.
Charge
verb · 78% connection
The act of rushing upon, or towards, an enemy; a sudden onset or attack, as of troops, esp. cavalry; hence, the signal for attack; as,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: body, troops, whether, cavalry, artillery.
Chasseur
noun · 78% connection
One of a body of light troops, cavalry or infantry, trained for rapid movements.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: body, troops, whether, cavalry, artillery.
Colonel
noun · 78% connection
The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: body, troops, whether, cavalry, artillery.
Command
noun · 78% connection
Control; power over something; sway; influence; as, to have command over one's temper or voice; the fort has command of the bridge.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: body, troops, whether, cavalry, artillery.
Commodore
noun · 78% connection
An officer who ranks next above a captain; sometimes, by courtesy, the senior captain of a squadron. The rank of commodore corresponds…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: body, troops, whether, cavalry, artillery.
Countermand
noun · 78% connection
a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: body, troops, whether, cavalry, artillery.
Deploy
v. t. & i. · 78% connection
To open out; to unfold; to spread out (a body of troops) in such a way that they shall display a wider front and less depth; -- the re…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: body, troops, whether, cavalry, artillery.
Drill
noun · 78% connection
The act or exercise of training soldiers in the military art, as in the manual of arms, in the execution of evolutions, and the like;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: body, troops, whether, cavalry, artillery.
Equipage
noun · 78% connection
Furniture or outfit, whether useful or ornamental; especially, the furniture and supplies of a vessel, fitting her for a voyage or for…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: body, troops, whether, cavalry, artillery.
Exclusive
adjective · 78% connection
Not taking into the account; excluding from consideration; -- opposed to inclusive; as, five thousand troops, exclusive of artillery.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: body, troops, whether, cavalry, artillery.
Flanker
noun · 78% connection
One who, or that which, flanks, as a skirmisher or a body of troops sent out upon the flanks of an army toguard a line of march, or a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: body, troops, whether, cavalry, artillery.
Foot
noun · 78% connection
Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: body, troops, whether, cavalry, artillery.
