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Standing army   /stˈændɪŋ ˈɑrmi/   Listen
noun
Army  n.  
1.
A collection or body of men armed for war, esp. one organized in companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions, under proper officers.
2.
A body of persons organized for the advancement of a cause; as, the Blue Ribbon Army.
3.
A great number; a vast multitude; a host. "An army of good words."
Standing army, a permanent army of professional soldiers, as distinguished from militia or volunteers.


adjective
Standing  adj.  
1.
Remaining erect; not cut down; as, standing corn.
2.
Not flowing; stagnant; as, standing water.
3.
Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting; as, a standing color.
4.
Established by law, custom, or the like; settled; continually existing; permanent; not temporary; as, a standing army; legislative bodies have standing rules of proceeding and standing committees.
5.
Not movable; fixed; as, a standing bed (distinguished from a trundle-bed).
Standing army. See Standing army, under Army.
Standing bolt. See Stud bolt, under Stud, a stem.
Standing committee, in legislative bodies, etc., a committee appointed for the consideration of all subjects of a particular class which shall arise during the session or a stated period.
Standing cup, a tall goblet, with a foot and a cover.
Standing finish (Arch.), that part of the interior fittings, esp. of a dwelling house, which is permanent and fixed in its place, as distinguished from doors, sashes, etc.
Standing order
(a)
(Eccl.) the denomination (Congregational) established by law; a term formerly used in Connecticut. See also under Order.
(a)
(Com.) an order for goods which are to be delivered periodically, without the need for renewal of the order before each delivery.
Standing part. (Naut.)
(a)
That part of a tackle which is made fast to a block, point, or other object.
(b)
That part of a rope around which turns are taken with the running part in making a knot or the like.
Standing rigging (Naut.), the cordage or ropes which sustain the masts and remain fixed in their position, as the shrouds and stays, distinguished from running rigging.





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"Standing army" Quotes from Famous Books



... and frugal Washington was unable to prevent the continuance of the murderous raids of the Indians. In the Revolutionary War the same spirit prevailed. Virginia was not willing to raise and equip a standing army to defend her soil from the English invaders and as a consequence fell an easy victim to the first hostile army that entered her borders. The resistance offered to Cornwallis was shamefully weak, and the Virginians ...
— Patrician and Plebeian - Or The Origin and Development of the Social Classes of the Old Dominion • Thomas J. Wertenbaker
... the use of their weapons. Such were the judicious regulations by which every citizen, without being withdrawn from his regular occupation, was gradually trained up for the national defence; and which, without the oppressive incumbrance of a numerous standing army, placed the whole effective force of the country, prompt and fit for action, at the disposal of the government, whenever the public good should ...
— The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella The Catholic, V2 • William H. Prescott
... country, have been expected, but if the United States had had to deal with a Power anything like its own strength it would have found its own position intensely difficult. The war will probably have the effect of inducing their government to keep up a standing army and navy of a very superior kind to that of their present system. The recent warning of their admirable writer, Captain Mahau, will now have a chance of being listened to, but the Americans have only to expand what is already proved to be good. The ...
— Porto Rico - Its History, Products and Possibilities... • Arthur D. Hall
... of which warriors are made. Success meant more comforts and luxuries. In towns like Brussels and Antwerp this doubtless had its effect on the moralities, which were hardly of the New England Puritan standard. She had a small standing army; a militia system in the process of reform against the conviction of the majority, unlike that of the Swiss mountaineers, that Belgium would never have ...
— My Year of the War • Frederick Palmer
... operation. His character for firmness was well established before be took his seat in the Senate; but on the 9th of January, 1794, it was displayed with effect. In consequence of a difference between the two houses, a bill to increase the standing army was lost. ...
— Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Complete • Matthew L. Davis


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