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GROUND FORCES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
Synonyms:
army; ground forces; regular army
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("ground forces" is a kind of...):
armed service; military service; service (a force that is a branch of the armed forces)
Meronyms (members of "ground forces"):
army unit (a military unit that is part of an army)
army corps; corps (an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ground forces"):
host; legion (archaic terms for army)
standing army (a permanent army of paid soldiers)
Union Army (the northern army during the American Civil War)
Army of the Confederacy; Confederate Army (the southern army during the American Civil War)
Continental Army (the American army during the American Revolution)