Library / English Dictionary |
MILITARY SERVICE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Land tenure by service in the lord's army
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("military service" is a kind of...):
service ((law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A force that is a branch of the armed forces
Synonyms:
armed service; military service; service
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("military service" is a kind of...):
force; personnel (group of people willing to obey orders)
Meronyms (members of "military service"):
force; military force; military group; military unit (a unit that is part of some military service)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "military service"):
army; ground forces; regular army (a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state)
naval forces; navy (an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare)
coastguard (a military service responsible for the safety of maritime traffic in coastal waters)
Marines (members of a body of troops trained to serve on land or at sea)
air force; airforce (the airborne branch of a country's armed forces)