Regular Army

American  

noun

1. the permanent army maintained in peace as well as in war; the standing army: one of the major components of the Army of the United States.

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Etymology

Origin of Regular Army

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

During the Mexican Revolution in 1916, President Woodrow Wilson sent tens of thousands of Regular Army and National Guard troops to patrol the border, including a brigade commanded by Gen. John “Blackjack” Pershing.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2018

Women make up about 14 percent of the Army and now serve in all Regular Army units, except the Special Forces.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016

To these ends, it must organize, train, and equip its active duty forces—the Regular Army, the Army National Guard, and the Army Reserve.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016

The central character, brilliantly portrayed by Adolph Caesar, is a black Regular Army noncom who is as tough as bully beef.

From Time Magazine Archive

The year before, those irrepressible humorists, Harrigan and Hart, of the New York stage, had sung at their "Th��tre Comique" a witty but by no means flattering ditty, which they called "The Regular Army, O."

From Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life by King, Charles