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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Order of battle; battle array.
  • noun Milit.: A large body of men in order of battle or on the march, whether a whole army or one of the great divisions of it; a host; an army.
  • noun The main body or center of an army.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Order of battle; disposition or arrangement of troops (brigades, regiments, battalions, etc.), or of a naval force, for action.
  • noun obsolete An army in battle array; also, the main battalia or body.

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