military
[mil-i-ter-ee]
- of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- of, for, or pertaining to war: military preparedness.
- of or relating to soldiers.
- befitting, characteristic of, or noting a soldier: a military bearing.
- following the life of a soldier: a military career.
- performed by soldiers: military duty.
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- the military,
- the military establishment of a nation; the armed forces.
- military personnel, especially commissioned officers, taken collectively: the bar, the press, and the military.
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Origin of military
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Contemporary Examples
The United States emerged as the true victor of World War I in every sense: militarily, economically and morally.
The U.S. was wrong-footed diplomatically and militarily humbled.
He believed the more you aided Israel militarily, the more flexible they would be diplomatically.
And there are allies in both regions that we should continue to support not just morally, but materially and militarily.
After Bipartisan Bush-Obama Blundering, Let’s Try a Libertarian Foreign PolicyNick Gillespie
July 16, 2014
Obama also has to elaborate on his Friday statement promising “costs” for Russia if it intervened in Ukraine militarily, he said.
Historical Examples
On the contrary, they believed out of obedience, militarily.
A Literary History of the English PeopleJean Jules Jusserand
Of the two fragments, the smaller was militarily important only as a feeder to the other.
Admiral FarragutA. T. Mahan
Napoleon has vanquished Austria, not only militarily, but also morally.
Louisa Of Prussia and Her TimesLouise Muhlbach
Peter Gross's reply was as militarily curt as the captain's question.
The Argus PheasantJohn Charles Beecham
There was no doubt that Germany was desperate, economically, morally and militarily.
Germany, The Next Republic?Carl W. Ackerman
military
- of or relating to the armed forces (esp the army), warlike matters, etc
- of, characteristic of, or about soldiers
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- the military the armed services (esp the army)
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Word Origin
C16: via French from Latin mīlitāris, from mīles soldier
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Word Origin and History for militarily
military
adj.
mid-15c., from Middle French militaire (14c.), from Latin militaris "of soldiers or war, of military service, warlike," from miles (genitive militis) "soldier," of unknown origin, perhaps ultimately from Etruscan, or else meaning "one who marches in a troop," and thus connected to Sanskrit melah "assembly," Greek homilos "assembled crowd, throng." Related: Militarily. Old English had militisc, from Latin. Military-industrial complex coined 1961 in farewell speech of U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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military
n.
"soldiers generally," 1757, from military (adj.). Earlier, "a military man" (1736).
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