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military

/ˈmɪlɪtɛɹi/ noun C2
  1. Armed forces. · attempts by the military to influence government policy· He spent six years in the military.

Plural military

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I have only the letters of Ali Tepelini, which I have placed before you; the ring, a token of his good-will, which is here; and, lastly, the most convincing proof I can offer, after an anonymous attack, and that is the absence of any witness against my veracity and the purity of my military life.’
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 872 · C1
War was again proclaimed, however, and when the trumpet summoned him to his standard, the Soldier put on his charger its military trappings, and mounted, being clad in his heavy coat of mail.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 26 · B2
A military life is not what I was intended for, but circumstances have now made it eligible.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 89 · B2
The train of reasoning ran, ‘Here is a gentleman of a medical type, but with the air of a military man.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 20 · B2

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