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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of members of the armed forces: a military bearing; military attire.
  2. adjective Performed or supported by the armed forces: military service.
  3. adjective Of or relating to war: military operations.
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  • Certainly the military, if you look at page 14, the military has been a great success for us. —  pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator
  • Increased subpoena power for the state prosecutor's office, stiffer fines for people who illegally provide alcohol to people under 21 and laws to help members of the military are among a variety of new measures that took effect Wednesday. —  WBALTV.com - Local News
  • Open gays in the military will be a totally divisive factor and it will open a can of worms. —  Lowell Sun Forum
  • Suggesting we spend less on the military is accused of wanting Americans to be murdered by the thousands in our city streets by ravening hordes of radical Muslim terrorists. —  One Utah
  • "Corruption is more serious in the Mexican military than just about any other Latin American military," said a U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity. —  The NarcoSphere -
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  1. Middle English, from Latin mīlitāris, from mīles, mīlit-, soldier.

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  1. Formerly also militar; = French militaire = Spanish Portuguese militar = Italian militare, from Latin militaris, rarely militarius, of or belonging to soldiers or war, warlike, from miles (milit-), Old Latin meiles, a soldier.
 

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