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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A permanent army maintained in time of peace and war.
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- noun A
professional permanentarmy composed offull-time careersoldiers , and notdisbanded during times of peace.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a permanent army of paid soldiers
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