phalanx
noun
(in ancient Greece) a group of heavily armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep, with shields joined and long spears overlapping.
phalanxes
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pluralof phalanx.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They changed hands when Athens and Sparta invented the phalanxes of hoplites, those citizen-soldiers who defeated the Persians at Marathon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
Afterwards, Gandhi presided over waves of civil disobedience protests, encouraging supporters of the Indian National Congress to manufacture contraband salt, boycott foreign goods, and face down phalanxes of lathi-wielding policemen.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025
About 9 a.m., she said, phalanxes of masked agents in tactical vests sealed off the sprawling compound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025
Adult performers are vastly outnumbered by a strong company of singing and dancing children, who in the school scenes form phalanxes and mazes, physically cornering Trevor into being isolated and judged.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
Where is Greece whose phalanxes swept through their fields and spoiled their vineyards?
From Why I Preach the Second Coming by Isaac Massey Haldeman
