regular army
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3.0
- noun
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ejército regular
- The nation relies on the regular army to protect its borders from potential threats.
- regular army officers
These are not just regular army forces or soldiers conscripts.
- These are not just regular army forces or soldiers conscripts.
- And Barnes goes on and says the moral practices of the Black Shirts exceed in ferocity that of the Wehrmacht, the the regular army, but their power is less.
- OK I had to do a couple years in regular army before they would allow me to go SF So what better place to go to Lurse?
Examples
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The last of Russia's regular army invasion force is out.
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Unable to contain the violence, the civil authorities have had to call in regular army units to restore law and order on a number of occasions.
Academic text (1997) -
But then I signed up for the regular army.
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You will have command of the regular army.
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And after it was over, he stayed on in the regular army.
Fiction book (1993) -
The council will now consider the removal of General Houston from command of the regular army.
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It's as if we don't have a regular army doing these hard jobs anymore.
Blog text (9) -
Local militia and regular army troops were organized to defeat the rebels.
Blog text (11) -
For example, among officers, about 10 percent of Army SF officers are minorities compared with 18 percent in the regular army.
Academic text (2000) -
Third, service in the territories interfered more with reservist training programs than with those of the regular army.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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2.0
Soldiers who work together as a group in an army
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1.0
Trained soldiers of a country who fight on land
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3.2
A group of soldiers organized to protect or fight for a country
67
4.1
Soldiers and army groups that fight and work on land, not in the air or at sea
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3.7
A group of paid soldiers that a country keeps ready to fight at any time
Antonyms
How Official
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning of 'regular army' is directly built from 'regular' (official, full-time) + 'army' (organized land forces) and thus a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it refers to the permanent, official military force. This compositional pattern is common across languages and follows straightforward English adjective+noun semantics, making it easily comprehensible without prior exposure.
Etymology
The term regular army comes from the idea of soldiers who follow set rules and wear the same uniform, and regular here meant rule-following while army meant a group of full-time soldiers rather than part-time or local fighters. So regular army means the country's permanent, 'official' soldiers.