rota

(historical, military) rota (infantry or cavalry unit in Poland in the 16th–17th c.)

(historical, military) rota (row of soldiers in formation in Poland in the 18th c.)


MAC

Military Airlift Command
w:Military Airlift Command

(US military) Acronym of Military Airlift Command, formerly, one of three former divisions of the US airforce, the others being SAC and TAC.


MAC

en-noun

MAC (countable and uncountable, plural MACs)

merchant aircraft carrier
w:merchant aircraft carrier

(military, nautical, aviation, historical) Initialism of merchant aircraft carrier.


DB

(US, military) Initialism of depot brigade.


interdict

en-verb

interdict (third-person singular simple present interdicts, present participle interdicting, simple past and past participle interdicted)

interdicts (present singular third-person)
interdicting (participle present)
interdicted (participle past)
interdicted (past)

From Middle English entrediten, from Old French entredire (“forbid”), from Latin interdīcō (“prohibit, forbid”), from inter- (“between”) + dīcō (“say”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-.

Grant did not cease his efforts to interdict Lee's supply lines and break through the defenses.

1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford, published 2004, page 756:

(transitive, US, military) To impede (an enemy); to interrupt or destroy (enemy communications, supply lines etc).


scorpio

la-noun

scorpiō m (genitive scorpiōnis); third declension

scorpiō (canonical masculine)
scorpiōnis (genitive)
scorpiō (nominative singular)
scorpiōnēs (nominative plural)
scorpiōnis (genitive singular)
scorpiōnum (genitive plural)
scorpiōnī (dative singular)
scorpiōnibus (dative plural)
scorpiōnem (accusative singular)
scorpiōnēs (accusative plural)
scorpiōne (ablative singular)
scorpiōnibus (ablative plural)
scorpiō (singular vocative)
scorpiōnēs (plural vocative)
scorpios (alternative)
scorpius (alternative)

→? Albanian: shkrap

Catalan: escorpí

Old French: scorpion

French: scorpion

→ Middle Dutch: scorpioen

Dutch: schorpioen

→ English: scorpion

→ Welsh: sgorpion

→ German: Skorpion

→ Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀𐌾𐍉 (skaurpjō)

→ Middle Irish: scoirp

Irish: scairp

Italian: scorpione

>? Italian: sgorbio

→ Middle Low German: schorpie

→ Norwegian Bokmål: skorpion

Portuguese: escorpião

Romanian: scorpion

Romansch: scorpiun

→ Russian: скорпио́н m (skorpión)

Sicilian: scurpiuni

Spanish: escorpión

scorpione ab latere dextro traiectus exanimatusque concidit

c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.25

He was pierced and killed on the right side by a scorpion and fell


orden

órdenes (plural)
órden (alternative obsolete)

Semi-learned term derived from Latin ōrdinem. Cognate with English order.


brigade

(military) Military unit composed of several regiments (or battalions) and including soldiers from different arms of service.


brigade

→ Bulgarian: бригада (brigada)

→ Catalan: brigada

→ Czech: brigáda

→ Dutch: brigade
→ Indonesian: brigade

→ English: brigade

→ German: Brigade

→ Hungarian: brigád

→ Russian: бригада (brigada) (see there for further descendants)

→ Polish: brygada

desctree

→ Portuguese: brigada
→ Javanese: ꦧꦽꦒꦢ (bregada)
→ Indonesian: bregada

→ Romanian: brigadă

→ Serbo-Croatian: бригада, brigáda

→ Slovak: brigáda

→ Spanish: brigada

→ Swedish: brigad


brigade

brigade m (definite singular brigaden, indefinite plural brigader, definite plural brigadene)

brigaden (definite singular)
brigader (indefinite plural)
brigadene (definite plural)

Borrowed from French brigade, from Italian brigata, from Italian or Medieval Latin briga (“strife”).


brigade

brigade m (definite singular brigaden, indefinite plural brigadar, definite plural brigadane)

brigaden (definite singular)
brigadar (indefinite plural)
brigadane (definite plural)


fanny

The British naval slang sense derives from Fanny Adams. Tins of mutton introduced as rations were not liked by the sailors and were taken by them to contain the butchered remains of Fanny Adams who had been brutally murdered and dismembered. The tins were re-used for eating from and cooking with.

I put on a big fanny of Ky, that is a straight-sided pot of cocoa for them returning.

2005, Patrick Halliday, Survival, page 24:

(UK, naval slang) Mess kettle or cooking pot.


napoleon

en-noun

napoleon (countable and uncountable, plural napoleons)

napoleons (plural)
Napoleon (alternative)

/nəˈpəʊlɪən/

Borrowed from French Napoléon (“given name, usually in reference to Napoleon Bonaparte”). In reference to coins, via French napoléon (“(slang) a coin that originally had the appearance of Napoleon's face in the obverse”). In reference to guns and possibly cards, in reference to Napoleon III.

bor

(historical weaponry) Clipping of Napoleon gun, a 12-pounder cannon first used by the Second French Empire.

napoleon

12-pounder cannon of the Second French Empire


CB

en-noun

CB (countable and uncountable, plural CBs)

(military, historical) The United States Navy hull classification symbol for a large cruiser.

construction battalion
construction battalion#English

(military) Initialism of construction battalion.

confined to barracks
confined to barracks#English

(British military) Initialism of confined to barracks.


CB

‘Twenty days C.B.,’ said one. ‘Twenty years, more likely,’ said another.

1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 133:

(military, initialism) confined to barracks (a punishment in the army).


CG

guided missile cruiser
guided missile cruiser

(US, military, nautical) A guided missile cruiser.

(US, military, nautical) Initialism of coast guard.


DD

DD (countable and uncountable, plural DDs)

(US, military, nautical) Abbreviation of destroyer, a type of warship.

dishonorable discharge
dishonorable discharge#English

(military) Initialism of dishonorable discharge.


fuego

¡fuego! (canonical)
huego (alternative obsolete rare)
fogo (alternative obsolete rare)

Inherited from Old Spanish fuego, from Late Latin focus (“fire”), from Latin focus (“hearth”). The form huego, which began to be used around 1500, was mostly replaced by the form starting with -f-. Compare Portuguese fogo. Cognate with English fuel. Compare also English focus. Doublet of foco, which is a borrowing from Latin.

(military) fire! (cry to order soldiers to start shooting)


blivet

Unknown; seems to have been coined by American soldiers in World War Two.

(military) A portable, collapsible container for liquid fuel.


hit home

en-verb

hit home (third-person singular simple present hits home, present participle hitting home, simple past and past participle hit home)

hits home (present singular third-person)
hitting home (participle present)
hit home (participle past)
hit home (past)

This revised situation doesn't go well for poor old Nagato. Whilst curls of smoke and scorch marks along the hulls and superstructures of Washington and Alabama do tell of some Japanese shells hitting home, neither of them seem particularly perturbed by this. Instead, their fire begins to overhaul the Japanese battleship, and, sooner or later, another salvo of 16-inch shells - no one's quite sure whether it comes from Alabama or Washington - smashes into the base of the superfiring aft turret.

2021 May 5, Drachinifel, 32:32 from the start, in Battle of Samar - What if TF34 was there?, archived from the original on 2022-08-08:

(of an attack, weapon, or projectile) To strike its target with damaging effect.

ū

To strike its target of a blow, or weapon, with damaging effect


Herrenvolk

de-noun

Herrenvolk n (strong, genitive Herrenvolkes or Herrenvolks, plural Herrenvölker)

Herrenvolkes (genitive)
Herrenvolks (genitive)
Herrenvölker (plural)
Herrenvolk (nominative singular)
Herrenvölker (definite nominative plural)
Herrenvolkes (genitive singular)
Herrenvolks (genitive singular)
Herrenvölker (definite genitive plural)
Herrenvolk (dative singular)
Herrenvolke (dative singular)
Herrenvölkern (dative definite plural)
Herrenvolk (accusative singular)
Herrenvölker (accusative definite plural)

Herr (“gentleman, master, lord”) + -en- + Volk (“folk, people”)

af

(uncountable, obsolete, military) A class of general officers in the Prussian and German armies (c. 1870–1945).


residency

en-noun

residency (countable and uncountable, plural residencies)


take on

en-verb

take on (third-person singular simple present takes on, present participle taking on, simple past took on, past participle taken on)

takes on (present singular third-person)
taking on (participle present)
took on (past)
taken on (participle past)

(intransitive, UK, military) To enlist into military service.


standee

(military) A kind of stackable bunk for sleeping.


snafu

snafu (third-person singular simple present snafus, present participle snafuing, simple past and past participle snafued)

snafus (present singular third-person)
snafuing (participle present)
snafued (participle past)
snafued (past)

(military, slang) To screw up, fuck up, or foul up.


snapshot

How quick the eye and hand to catch him [the ruffed grouse] when he rises from the underbrush and is out of sight in the wood before the untrained sportsman stops him with what is little more than a snapshot, so instantaneously must all be done!

1892, Stanley Waterloo, A Man and a Woman:

(firearms) A quick offhand shot, made without deliberately taking aim over the sights.


peleton

pêlêton (canonical)
peleton-peleton (plural)
platun (alternative)

Borrowed from Dutch peloton, ultimately from French peloton.

(military) platoon: a unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company


breakaway

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-breakaway.wav

From break + away, a deverbal from break away.

2011, Colleen Aycock and Mark Scott (eds.), The First Black Boxing Champions: Essays on Fighters of the 1800s to the 1920s, Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., Appendix: The Great Fights, George Dixon vs. Jack Skelly (September 6, 1892), p. 262,
The gong sounded almost immediately after the breakaway.

(boxing) The act of getting away from one's opponent; the separation of the boxers after a spell of infighting.


ER

en-noun

ER (countable and uncountable, plural ERs)

(military) Initialism of enhanced radiation.


padding

padding (countable and uncountable, plural paddings)

(military, cryptography) Extraneous text added to a message for the purpose of concealing its beginning, ending, or length.


tiller

From Middle English teler, from Anglo-Norman telier (“beam used in weaving”), from Medieval Latin telarium, from Latin tēla (“web”).

der

You can shoot in a tiller.

c. 1608–1610, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Philaster: Or, Love Lies a Bleeding”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act II, scene ii:

(archery) The stock; a beam on a crossbow carved to fit the arrow, or the point of balance in a longbow.


AE

• APO/FPO AE ZIPs 094-098 — Space Available Mail, Nov. 26; Parcel Airlift Mail, Dec. 3; Priority Mail, Dec. 10; First Class Mail Letters and Cards, Dec.10 and Express Mail Military Service, Dec. 18.
• APO/FPO AA ZIP 340 — Space Available Mail, Nov. 26; Parcel Airlift Mail, Dec. 3; Priority Mail, Dec. 10; First Class Mail Letters and Cards, Dec. 10 and Express Mail Military Service, Dec. 18.
• APO/FPO AP ZIPs 962-966 — Space Available Mail, Nov. 26; Parcel Airlift Mail, Dec. 3; Priority Mail, Dec. 10; First Class Mail Letters and Cards, Dec. 10 and Express Mail Military Service, Dec. 18.

2010 October 29, Bill Shrum, “Shipping to soldiers for the holidays”, in Stuttgart (Arkansas) Daily Leader:

(US, military) USPS military code of Armed Forces – Europe.


secco

(Australia, military) Section commander, an infantry soldier responsible for about 8 other soldiers.


ploy

en-verb

ploy (third-person singular simple present ploys, present participle ploying, simple past and past participle ployed)

ploys (present singular third-person)
ploying (participle present)
ployed (participle past)
ployed (past)

Troops drawn up so as to show an extended front, with slight depth, are said to be deployed; when the depth is considerable and the front comparatively small, they are said to be in ployed formation.

1881, Thomas Wilhelm, A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer:

(military) To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision.


oma

From Proto-Finnic *oma. Cognate to Finnish oma, Livonian umm, Votic õma and Northern Sami oapmi. Compare also Udmurt умой (umoj, “good, fitting, right”) and Komi-Zyrian эм (em, “exists”). Possibly an old derivation from the copula - olema.


oma

oma (genitive)
oma (partitive)
oma (nominative singular)
omad (nominative plural)
oma (accusative nominative singular)
omad (accusative nominative plural)
oma (accusative genitive singular)
omad (accusative genitive plural)
oma (genitive singular)
omade (genitive plural)
oma (partitive singular)
omi (partitive plural)
omasid (partitive plural)
omma (illative singular)
omasse (illative singular)
omadesse (illative plural)
omisse (illative plural)
omas (inessive singular)
omades (inessive plural)
omis (inessive plural)
omast (elative singular)
omadest (elative plural)
omist (elative plural)
omale (allative singular)
omadele (allative plural)
omile (allative plural)
omal (adessive singular)
omadel (adessive plural)
omil (adessive plural)
omalt (ablative singular)
omadelt (ablative plural)
omilt (ablative plural)
omaks (singular translative)
omadeks (plural translative)
omiks (plural translative)
omani (singular terminative)
omadeni (plural terminative)
omana (essive singular)
omadena (essive plural)
omata (abessive singular)
omadeta (abessive plural)
omaga (comitative singular)
omadega (comitative plural)

(military, usually in the plural) a friendly


oma

fi-adj

oma (comparative omempi, superlative omin)

omempi (comparative)
omin (superlative)
oma (nominative singular)
omat (nominative plural)
oma (accusative nominative singular)
omat (accusative nominative plural)
oman (accusative genitive singular)
omat (accusative genitive plural)
oman (genitive singular)
omien (genitive plural)
omain (genitive plural rare)
omaa (partitive singular)
omia (partitive plural)
omassa (inessive singular)
omissa (inessive plural)
omasta (elative singular)
omista (elative plural)
omaan (illative singular)
omiin (illative plural)
omalla (adessive singular)
omilla (adessive plural)
omalta (ablative singular)
omilta (ablative plural)
omalle (allative singular)
omille (allative plural)
omana (essive singular)
omina (essive plural)
omaksi (singular translative)
omiksi (plural translative)
omatta (abessive singular)
omitta (abessive plural)
omin (instructive plural)
omine (comitative plural)
omani (nominative singular)
omani (nominative plural)
omani (accusative nominative singular)
omani (accusative nominative plural)
omani (accusative genitive singular)
omani (accusative genitive plural)
omani (genitive singular)
omieni (genitive plural)
omaini (genitive plural rare)
omaani (partitive singular)
omiani (partitive plural)
omassani (inessive singular)
omissani (inessive plural)
omastani (elative singular)
omistani (elative plural)
omaani (illative singular)
omiini (illative plural)
omallani (adessive singular)
omillani (adessive plural)
omaltani (ablative singular)
omiltani (ablative plural)
omalleni (allative singular)
omilleni (allative plural)
omanani (essive singular)
ominani (essive plural)
omakseni (singular translative)
omikseni (plural translative)
omattani (abessive singular)
omittani (abessive plural)
omineni (comitative plural)
omasi (nominative singular)
omasi (nominative plural)
omasi (accusative nominative singular)
omasi (accusative nominative plural)
omasi (accusative genitive singular)
omasi (accusative genitive plural)
omasi (genitive singular)
omiesi (genitive plural)
omaisi (genitive plural rare)
omaasi (partitive singular)
omiasi (partitive plural)
omassasi (inessive singular)
omissasi (inessive plural)
omastasi (elative singular)
omistasi (elative plural)
omaasi (illative singular)
omiisi (illative plural)
omallasi (adessive singular)
omillasi (adessive plural)
omaltasi (ablative singular)
omiltasi (ablative plural)
omallesi (allative singular)
omillesi (allative plural)
omanasi (essive singular)
ominasi (essive plural)
omaksesi (singular translative)
omiksesi (plural translative)
omattasi (abessive singular)
omittasi (abessive plural)
ominesi (comitative plural)
omamme (nominative singular)
omamme (nominative plural)
omamme (accusative nominative singular)
omamme (accusative nominative plural)
omamme (accusative genitive singular)
omamme (accusative genitive plural)
omamme (genitive singular)
omiemme (genitive plural)
omaimme (genitive plural rare)
omaamme (partitive singular)
omiamme (partitive plural)
omassamme (inessive singular)
omissamme (inessive plural)
omastamme (elative singular)
omistamme (elative plural)
omaamme (illative singular)
omiimme (illative plural)
omallamme (adessive singular)
omillamme (adessive plural)
omaltamme (ablative singular)
omiltamme (ablative plural)
omallemme (allative singular)
omillemme (allative plural)
omanamme (essive singular)
ominamme (essive plural)
omaksemme (singular translative)
omiksemme (plural translative)
omattamme (abessive singular)
omittamme (abessive plural)
ominemme (comitative plural)
omanne (nominative singular)
omanne (nominative plural)
omanne (accusative nominative singular)
omanne (accusative nominative plural)
omanne (accusative genitive singular)
omanne (accusative genitive plural)
omanne (genitive singular)
omienne (genitive plural)
omainne (genitive plural rare)
omaanne (partitive singular)
omianne (partitive plural)
omassanne (inessive singular)
omissanne (inessive plural)
omastanne (elative singular)
omistanne (elative plural)
omaanne (illative singular)
omiinne (illative plural)
omallanne (adessive singular)
omillanne (adessive plural)
omaltanne (ablative singular)
omiltanne (ablative plural)
omallenne (allative singular)
omillenne (allative plural)
omananne (essive singular)
ominanne (essive plural)
omaksenne (singular translative)
omiksenne (plural translative)
omattanne (abessive singular)
omittanne (abessive plural)
ominenne (comitative plural)
omansa (nominative singular)
omansa (nominative plural)
omansa (accusative nominative singular)
omansa (accusative nominative plural)
omansa (accusative genitive singular)
omansa (accusative genitive plural)
omansa (genitive singular)
omiensa (genitive plural)
omainsa (genitive plural rare)
omaansa (partitive singular)
omiaan (partitive plural)
omiansa (partitive plural)
omassaan (inessive singular)
omassansa (inessive singular)
omissaan (inessive plural)
omissansa (inessive plural)
omastaan (elative singular)
omastansa (elative singular)
omistaan (elative plural)
omistansa (elative plural)
omaansa (illative singular)
omiinsa (illative plural)
omallaan (adessive singular)
omallansa (adessive singular)
omillaan (adessive plural)
omillansa (adessive plural)
omaltaan (ablative singular)
omaltansa (ablative singular)
omiltaan (ablative plural)
omiltansa (ablative plural)
omalleen (allative singular)
omallensa (allative singular)
omilleen (allative plural)
omillensa (allative plural)
omanaan (essive singular)
omanansa (essive singular)
ominaan (essive plural)
ominansa (essive plural)
omakseen (singular translative)
omaksensa (singular translative)
omikseen (plural translative)
omiksensa (plural translative)
omattaan (abessive singular)
omattansa (abessive singular)
omittaan (abessive plural)
omittansa (abessive plural)
omineen (comitative plural)
ominensa (comitative plural)

From Proto-Finnic *oma. Cognate to Estonian oma, Livonian umm, Votic õma and Northern Sami oapmi.


oma

oma (nominative singular)
omat (nominative plural)
oma (accusative nominative singular)
omat (accusative nominative plural)
oman (accusative genitive singular)
omat (accusative genitive plural)
oman (genitive singular)
omien (genitive plural)
omain (genitive plural rare)
omaa (partitive singular)
omia (partitive plural)
omassa (inessive singular)
omissa (inessive plural)
omasta (elative singular)
omista (elative plural)
omaan (illative singular)
omiin (illative plural)
omalla (adessive singular)
omilla (adessive plural)
omalta (ablative singular)
omilta (ablative plural)
omalle (allative singular)
omille (allative plural)
omana (essive singular)
omina (essive plural)
omaksi (singular translative)
omiksi (plural translative)
omatta (abessive singular)
omitta (abessive plural)
omin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
omani (nominative singular)
omani (nominative plural)
omani (accusative nominative singular)
omani (accusative nominative plural)
omani (accusative genitive singular)
omani (accusative genitive plural)
omani (genitive singular)
omieni (genitive plural)
omaini (genitive plural rare)
omaani (partitive singular)
omiani (partitive plural)
omassani (inessive singular)
omissani (inessive plural)
omastani (elative singular)
omistani (elative plural)
omaani (illative singular)
omiini (illative plural)
omallani (adessive singular)
omillani (adessive plural)
omaltani (ablative singular)
omiltani (ablative plural)
omalleni (allative singular)
omilleni (allative plural)
omanani (essive singular)
ominani (essive plural)
omakseni (singular translative)
omikseni (plural translative)
omattani (abessive singular)
omittani (abessive plural)
omineni (comitative plural)
omasi (nominative singular)
omasi (nominative plural)
omasi (accusative nominative singular)
omasi (accusative nominative plural)
omasi (accusative genitive singular)
omasi (accusative genitive plural)
omasi (genitive singular)
omiesi (genitive plural)
omaisi (genitive plural rare)
omaasi (partitive singular)
omiasi (partitive plural)
omassasi (inessive singular)
omissasi (inessive plural)
omastasi (elative singular)
omistasi (elative plural)
omaasi (illative singular)
omiisi (illative plural)
omallasi (adessive singular)
omillasi (adessive plural)
omaltasi (ablative singular)
omiltasi (ablative plural)
omallesi (allative singular)
omillesi (allative plural)
omanasi (essive singular)
ominasi (essive plural)
omaksesi (singular translative)
omiksesi (plural translative)
omattasi (abessive singular)
omittasi (abessive plural)
ominesi (comitative plural)
omamme (nominative singular)
omamme (nominative plural)
omamme (accusative nominative singular)
omamme (accusative nominative plural)
omamme (accusative genitive singular)
omamme (accusative genitive plural)
omamme (genitive singular)
omiemme (genitive plural)
omaimme (genitive plural rare)
omaamme (partitive singular)
omiamme (partitive plural)
omassamme (inessive singular)
omissamme (inessive plural)
omastamme (elative singular)
omistamme (elative plural)
omaamme (illative singular)
omiimme (illative plural)
omallamme (adessive singular)
omillamme (adessive plural)
omaltamme (ablative singular)
omiltamme (ablative plural)
omallemme (allative singular)
omillemme (allative plural)
omanamme (essive singular)
ominamme (essive plural)
omaksemme (singular translative)
omiksemme (plural translative)
omattamme (abessive singular)
omittamme (abessive plural)
ominemme (comitative plural)
omanne (nominative singular)
omanne (nominative plural)
omanne (accusative nominative singular)
omanne (accusative nominative plural)
omanne (accusative genitive singular)
omanne (accusative genitive plural)
omanne (genitive singular)
omienne (genitive plural)
omainne (genitive plural rare)
omaanne (partitive singular)
omianne (partitive plural)
omassanne (inessive singular)
omissanne (inessive plural)
omastanne (elative singular)
omistanne (elative plural)
omaanne (illative singular)
omiinne (illative plural)
omallanne (adessive singular)
omillanne (adessive plural)
omaltanne (ablative singular)
omiltanne (ablative plural)
omallenne (allative singular)
omillenne (allative plural)
omananne (essive singular)
ominanne (essive plural)
omaksenne (singular translative)
omiksenne (plural translative)
omattanne (abessive singular)
omittanne (abessive plural)
ominenne (comitative plural)
omansa (nominative singular)
omansa (nominative plural)
omansa (accusative nominative singular)
omansa (accusative nominative plural)
omansa (accusative genitive singular)
omansa (accusative genitive plural)
omansa (genitive singular)
omiensa (genitive plural)
omainsa (genitive plural rare)
omaansa (partitive singular)
omiaan (partitive plural)
omiansa (partitive plural)
omassaan (inessive singular)
omassansa (inessive singular)
omissaan (inessive plural)
omissansa (inessive plural)
omastaan (elative singular)
omastansa (elative singular)
omistaan (elative plural)
omistansa (elative plural)
omaansa (illative singular)
omiinsa (illative plural)
omallaan (adessive singular)
omallansa (adessive singular)
omillaan (adessive plural)
omillansa (adessive plural)
omaltaan (ablative singular)
omaltansa (ablative singular)
omiltaan (ablative plural)
omiltansa (ablative plural)
omalleen (allative singular)
omallensa (allative singular)
omilleen (allative plural)
omillensa (allative plural)
omanaan (essive singular)
omanansa (essive singular)
ominaan (essive plural)
ominansa (essive plural)
omakseen (singular translative)
omaksensa (singular translative)
omikseen (plural translative)
omiksensa (plural translative)
omattaan (abessive singular)
omattansa (abessive singular)
omittaan (abessive plural)
omittansa (abessive plural)
omineen (comitative plural)
ominensa (comitative plural)

Älä ammu, ne ovat omia.

(military, usually in the plural) friendly (someone on the same side)


squib

Possibly imitative of a small explosion.

unk

Possibly

English Navy squibs set fire to two dozen enemy ships in a Dutch harbor during the 16th-century battle against the Spanish Armada.

The making and selling of fireworks and squibs, or throwing them about on any street, is […] punishable by fine.

1769, William Blackstone, “Of Offences Against the Public Health and the Public Police or Economy”, in Commentaries on the Laws of England, book IV (Of Public Wrongs), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 531:

(military) A small firework that is intended to spew sparks rather than explode.

(firearms) A malfunction in which the fired projectile does not have enough force behind it to exit the barrel, and thus becomes stuck.


echelon

Borrowed from French échelon (“rung; echelon”), from échelle (“ladder”) + -on (diminutive suffix). Échelle is derived from Latin scāla (“ladder”), from scandō (“to ascend, climb”), from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to jump”).

The troops selected by his Royal Highness for this daring exploit, consisted of the war battalions of the 3d, 6th, and 7th regiments of the Royal Guard, forming the first echelon, […]

1833 October, “a royalist”, “Sketches of the War of the French in Spain in the Year 1823”, in The United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine, part III, number 59, London: Published for Henry Colburn, by Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, →OCLC, page 183:

The order in echelons is favorable for attack, because it readily conforms to the nature of the ground, and does not necessitate engaging more than a part of the forces; it is adopted for the purpose of attacking a particular point of the enemy's line.

1863, Ed. [Édouard] De La Barre Duparcq, “Infantry Formation and Tactics”, in George W[ashington] Cullum, transl., Elements of Military Art and History: Comprising the History and Tactics of the Separate Arms; the Combination of the Arms; and the Minor Operations of War, New York, N.Y.: D[avid] Van Nostrand, 192 Broadway, page 84:

As soon as the infantry had replenished their ammunition, they wheeled to the left in échelon of brigades, and began to march towards Surgham ridge. The movements of a great force are slow. It was not desirable that the British division, which led the échelon, should remain in the low ground north of Surgham—where it was commanded, had no field of fire, and could see nothing—and accordingly both these brigades moved forward almost together to occupy the crest of the ridge.

1899, Winston Spencer Churchill, “The Battle of Omdurman: September 2, 1898”, in F[rancis] Rhodes, editor, The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan [...] In Two Volumes, volume II, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 89 Paternoster Row, →OCLC, pages 145–146:

“The first echelon of the Russian force was stuck without heat, without oil, without bombs and without gas. And it all happened because of the work of 30 people,” Honchar said.

2022 March 28, Julian Borger, quoting Yaroslav Honchar, “The drone operators who halted Russian convoy headed for Kyiv”, in The Guardian:

(military) A formation of troops, ships, etc., in diagonal parallel rows.


echelon

en-verb

echelon (third-person singular simple present echelons, present participle echeloning, simple past and past participle echeloned)

echelons (present singular third-person)
echeloning (participle present)
echeloned (participle past)
echeloned (past)

July 1, Montcalm made a movement in advance, echeloning his troops from Fort Carillon to the foot of Lake George, to curb the enemy, and obstruct their landing.

1860, François-Xavier Garneau, “Battle of Carillon (Ticonderoga). 1758.”, in Andrew Bell, transl., History of Canada, from the Time of Its Discovery till the Union Year (1840–1): Translated from “L’Histoire du Canada” of F. X. Garneau, Esq., and Accompanied with Illustrative Notes, etc., etc. … In Three Volumes, volume II, Montreal, Que.: Printed and published by John Lovell, St. Nicholas Street, →OCLC, page 205:

Behind the 17th Panzer Division the corps echeloned the main force of its other division, the 16th Panzer Division.

1968, Earl F[rederick] Ziemke, “Offensives on Both Flanks—the South Flank”, in Stalingrad to Berlin: The German Defeat in the East (Army Historical Series), Washington, D.C.: Office of the Chief of Military History, U.S. Army, →OCLC; republished Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 2002, →OCLC, page 225:

(transitive, military) To form troops into an echelon.


kevlar

en-noun

kevlar (countable and uncountable, plural kevlars)

(countable, US, slang, military) A piece of personal protective equipment made from Kevlar, such as a helmet or a vest.


PD

PD (countable and uncountable, plural PDs)

... WILFORD J. WILLY CMA SR GRADE LIEUTENANT AND JOSEPH P. KENNEDY SR GRADE LIEUTENANT CMA BOTH USNR CMA WERE KILLED PD COMMANDER SMITH ...

1944, telegram to Gen. Carl Andrew Spaatz from Gen. Jimmy Doolittle; Edward Renehan, The Kennedys at War, 1937-1945 (2002), Doubleday, page 304

(U.S. military) Abbreviation of period (full stop) punctuation mark, used in communication systems without punctuation (e.g., telegrams).


RV

RVs (plural)
RV's (plural)
R.V. (alternative)
R.V. (alternative)
R. V. (alternative)
R/V (alternative)
r.v. (alternative)

RV point

Once all mounted up, the two multiples sped off to the emergency RV point.

2007 Pte John Catterson, Army The Soldiers Newspaper, The Australian Army (Retrieved 14 July 2009)

(military) Abbreviation of rendezvous, a position where units are to meet.


RV

en-verb

RV (third-person singular simple present RVs or RV's, present participle RVing or RV'ing or RV-ing, simple past and past participle RVed or RV'd or RV'ed)

RVs (present singular third-person)
RV's (present singular third-person)
RVing (participle present)
RV'ing (participle present)
RV-ing (participle present)
RVed (participle past)
RVed (past)
RV'd (participle past)
RV'd (past)
RV'ed (participle past)
RV'ed (past)

We'll RV at the crossroads in Brandon at twenty hundred.


TOS

taken on strength
take on strength#English

(Commonwealth, military, historical) Initialism of taken on strength.


conical

(firearms) A bullet with a conical shape.


fugazi

Origin unknown; a number of possibilities have been suggested:
* One theory is that it is a corruption of French fougasse (“type of land mine”); flame fougasses were used extensively in the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
* Less plausibly, it might be from English fugacious (“fleeting”) or cognates such as Italian fugace (“fleeting”).
* It has also been suggested that it could be an acronym of “fucked up, got ambushed, zipped in [a body bag]”, but this is more likely a backronym, not the origin (compare FUBAR).

The two of them were getting bombed on bami-bam, beer, and joints laced with opium. That made answers to questions a long time in coming. "Hey, man, what the fuck can I tell you," said Robbie finally. "All fugazi over here. All fucked up. Number ten. The worst. Don't matter what goes down in this asshole country, know what I mean? Hey, papa-san, don't believe everything you hear, okay?"

1982, Marc Olden, chapter 7, in Giri, New York, N.Y.: Arbor House, →ISBN; republished [New York, N.Y.]: MysteriousPress.com/Open Road Integrated Media, 2012, →ISBN:

We didn't know anything was fugazi* until we got to a certain place in the South China Sea. A loudspeaker came over the air, "This is your captain speaking. Be advised that your destination is Da Nang, Republic of Vietnam."

1986, Mark Baker, Nam: The Vietnam War in the Words of the Men and Women Who Fought, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 32:

First time I met her. we were stuck on recon. far from the AO. deep in Indian country. the ops completely fugazi. the horn dead. and my BTO sick as skunkrot. She comes creeping by our ditch.

2008, Audrey Shafer, The Mailbox, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 67:

(US, chiefly military, especially during the Vietnam War era, slang) Fucked up; broken, damaged beyond repair.


OTC

Officers Training Corps
w:Officers Training Corps

(military) Initialism of Officers Training Corps (part of the British Army).


PT

en-noun

PT (countable and uncountable, plural PTs)

(US, military, nautical) Initialism of patrol torpedo.

(US, military, aviation) Initialism of patrol trainer (“a trainer that is also a patrol aircraft”)


KO

Initialism of knock out.
Initialism of kick-off.


KO

en-verb

KO (third-person singular simple present KOs or KO's, present participle KOing or KO'ing, simple past and past participle KOed or KO'd)

KOs (present singular third-person)
KO's (present singular third-person)
KOing (participle present)
KO'ing (participle present)
KOed (participle past)
KOed (past)
KO'd (participle past)
KO'd (past)

Joe KO'd the opposing boxer.

(transitive, boxing) To knock someone out, to render someone unconscious.


KO

ja-verb-suru

KO(ケーオー)する • (kē-ō suru) suru (stem KO(ケーオー)し (kē-ō shi), past KO(ケーオー)した (kē-ō shita))

KOする (canonical)
kē-ō suru (romanization)
KOし (stem)
KOした (past)
KOし
ケーオーし
kē-ō shi
KOする
ケーオーする
kē-ō suru
KOすれ
ケーオーすれ
kē-ō sure
KOせよ (imperative literary)
KOしろ (colloquial imperative)
ケーオーせよ (imperative literary)
ケーオーしろ (colloquial imperative)
kē-ō seyo (imperative literary)
kē-ō shiro (colloquial imperative)
KOされる (passive)
ケーオーされる (passive)
kē-ō sareru (passive)
KOさせる (causative)
KOさす (causative)
ケーオーさせる (causative)
ケーオーさす (causative)
kē-ō saseru (causative)
kē-ō sasu (causative)
KOできる (potential)
ケーオーできる (potential)
kē-ō dekiru (potential)
KOしよう (volitional)
ケーオーしよう (volitional)
kē-ō shiyō (volitional)
KOしない (negative)
ケーオーしない (negative)
kē-ō shinai (negative)
KOせず (continuative negative)
ケーオーせず (continuative negative)
kē-ō sezu (continuative negative)
KOします (formal)
ケーオーします (formal)
kē-ō shimasu (formal)
KOした (perfective)
ケーオーした (perfective)
kē-ō shita (perfective)
KOして (conjunctive)
ケーオーして (conjunctive)
kē-ō shite (conjunctive)
KOすれば (conditional hypothetical)
ケーオーすれば (conditional hypothetical)
kē-ō sureba (conditional hypothetical)
KOし [kē-ō shi]
KOする [kē-ō suru]
KOして [kē-ō shite] (conjunctive)
KOしないで [kē-ō shinai de] (conjunctive negative)
KOしなくて [kē-ō shinakute] (conjunctive negative)
KOしない [kē-ō shinai] (negative)
KOします [kē-ō shimasu] (polite)
KOしません [kē-ō shimasen] (negative polite)
KOした [kē-ō shita]
KOしなかった [kē-ō shinakatta] (negative)
KOしました [kē-ō shimashita] (polite)
KOしませんでした [kē-ō shimasen deshita] (negative polite)
KOされ [kē-ō sare] (passive)
KOされる [kē-ō sareru] (passive)
KOされない [kē-ō sarenai] (negative passive)
KOされます [kē-ō saremasu] (passive polite)
KOされません [kē-ō saremasen] (negative passive polite)
KOされた [kē-ō sareta] (passive past)
KOされなかった [kē-ō sarenakatta] (negative passive past)
KOされました [kē-ō saremashita] (passive)
KOされませんでした [kē-ō saremasen deshita] (negative passive)
KOさせ [kē-ō sase] (causative)
KOさせる [kē-ō saseru] (causative)
short form: KOさす [kē-ō sasu] (causative)
KOさせない [kē-ō sasenai] (causative negative)
KOさせます [kē-ō sasemasu] (causative polite)
KOさせません [kē-ō sasemasen] (causative negative polite)
KOさせた [kē-ō saseta] (causative past)
KOさせなかった [kē-ō sasenakatta] (causative negative past)
KOさせました [kē-ō sasemashita] (causative)
KOさせませんでした [kē-ō sasemasen deshita] (causative negative)
KOでき [kē-ō deki] (potential)
KOできる [kē-ō dekiru] (potential)
KOできない [kē-ō dekinai] (negative potential)
KOできます [kē-ō dekimasu] (polite potential)
KOできません [kē-ō dekimasen] (negative polite potential)
KOできた [kē-ō dekita] (past potential)
KOできなかった [kē-ō dekinakatta] (negative past potential)
KOできました [kē-ō dekimashita] (potential)
KOできませんでした [kē-ō dekimasen deshita] (negative potential)
written: KOせよ [kē-ō seyo] (imperative)
spoken: KOしろ [kē-ō shiro] (imperative)
KOしてください [kē-ō shite kudasai] (imperative)
KOしないでください [kē-ō shinai de kudasai] (imperative negative)
KOしなさい [kē-ō shinasai] (imperative)
KOするな [kē-ō suru na] (imperative negative)
KOしよう [kē-ō shiyō] (imperative)
KOしましょう [kē-ō shimashō] (imperative polite)
KOすれば [kē-ō sureba] (conditional)
KOしなければ [kē-ō shinakereba] (conditional negative)
colloquial: KOしなきゃ [kē-ō shinakya] (conditional negative)
KOしたら [kē-ō shitara] (conditional)
KOしなかったら [kē-ō shinakattara] (conditional negative)
KOさせられ [kē-ō saserare] (conditional)
KOさせられる [kē-ō saserareru] (conditional)
KOさせられない [kē-ō saserarenai] (conditional negative)
KOさせられます [kē-ō saseraremasu] (conditional polite)
KOさせられません [kē-ō saseraremasen] (conditional negative polite)
KOさせられた [kē-ō saserareta] (conditional past)
KOさせられなかった [kē-ō saserarenakatta] (conditional negative past)
KOさせられました [kē-ō saseraremashita] (conditional)
KOしたい [kē-ō shitai] (desiderative)
KOしたくない [kē-ō shitaku nai] (desiderative negative)
For other desiderative forms (desiderative)
KOしている [kē-ō shite iru] (desiderative)
contraction: KOしてる [kē-ō shiteru] (desiderative)
KOしていない [kē-ō shite inai] (desiderative negative)
contraction: KOしてない [kē-ō shitenai] (desiderative negative)
KOしています [kē-ō shite imasu] (desiderative polite)
KOしていません [kē-ō shite imasen] (desiderative negative polite)
KOしていた [kē-ō shite ita] (desiderative past)
KOしていなかった [kē-ō shite inakatta] (desiderative negative past)
KOしていました [kē-ō shite imashita] (desiderative)
KOしていませんでした [kē-ō shite imasen deshita] (desiderative negative)
KOせぬ [kē-ō senu]
KOせん [kē-ō sen]
KOせず [kē-ō sezu] (continuative negative)
KOせず [kē-ō sezu]
KOしたり [kē-ō shitari]


bowman

From Middle English boweman, bouman, boughman, equivalent to bow + -man.

The whole londe ſhal fle, foꝛ the noyſe of the hoꝛſmen and bowmen: […]

1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, Jeremy [Jeremiah] iiij:[29], folio xxv, verso, column 2:

The walls are slitted with embrasures through which bowmen could fire, indicating that the belfry also served as a stronghold during border skirmishes.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 311, about the church at Pembridge:

(archery) A man who uses a bow; an archer.


WP

white phosphorus
white phosphorus#English

(military) Initialism of white phosphorus.

(military) Initialism of weapons procurement.


RFC

(aviation, military, historical) Initialism of Royal Flying Corps (previous title of the Royal Air Force)


AAP

(military, NATO) Initialism of Allied Administrative Publication.


RSC

en-noun

RSC (countable and uncountable, plural RSCs)

(boxing) Initialism of referee stops the contest.


AMC

Air Mobility Command
w:Air Mobility Command

(US military) Initialism of Air Mobility Command.


AMC

auto-mitrailleuse de combat
auto-mitrailleuse de combat#French

(military) initialism of auto-mitrailleuse de combat = combat machine-gun carrier or armored car


FC

Forces canadiennes
w:fr:Forces canadiennes

(Canada, military) initialism of Forces canadiennes; CF (Canadian Forces)


MRE

After first trying an M.R.E. at age 8 — his father bought him one from an Army supply store in Lakewood, Fla., where Mr. Thomas still lives — he became obsessed with tracking down rations from various countries and eras. […] Still, M.R.E.s are far from mainstream.

2021 June 8, Priya Krishna, “Unloved by Generations of Soldiers, the M.R.E. Finds a Fan Base”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 2021-06-08:

(US military) Initialism of Meal, Ready-to-Eat: an individual field ration used by the US military.


OHA

Overseas Housing Allowance
w:Overseas Housing Allowance

(military, US) Initialism of Overseas Housing Allowance.


heavyweight

(uncountable, boxing) The professional boxing weight class for boxers weighing more than 190 pounds; a boxer in that division.


hace

Intentional mispronunciation of face, as per harch and ten-hut.

Right hace!

(military, marching band, when preceded by a direction) A command to turn to face in a particular direction.

marching band; when preceded by a direction; marching band; when preceded by a direction


उर्दू

urdū (romanization)
اُردو (Urdu)
उर्दू (direct singular)
उर्दुएँ (direct plural)
उर्दू (oblique singular)
उर्दुओं (oblique plural)
उर्दू (singular vocative)
उर्दुओ (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Classical Persian اردو (urdū), from Proto-Turkic *ordu.

bor+

hi:उर्दू भाषा


ruffle

From Middle English ruffelen, perhaps from Old Norse hrufla (“to graze, scratch”) or Middle Low German ruffelen (“to wrinkle, curl”). Further origin unknown. Related to Middle Dutch ruyffelen, German Low German ruffeln. See English ruff.

unk

unknown

(military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.


ruffle

en-verb

ruffle (third-person singular simple present ruffles, present participle ruffling, simple past and past participle ruffled)

ruffles (present singular third-person)
ruffling (participle present)
ruffled (participle past)
ruffled (past)

unk

unknown

(military) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.


TBS

(military, US) Initialism of The Basic School.


WW

WWs (plural)
W.W. (alternative)
w.w. (alternative)

(World War I military slang) Initialism of wild woman, i.e. prostitute.


BP

bawah perintah
bawah perintah#Indonesian

(military) initialism of bawah perintah (“assignment; under command”)


GI

Soldiers counted cadence by chanting: “GI brush / And GI comb / Gee, I wish that I was home!”

(military) Initialism of general issue, given to a soldier by the army (as an item), rather than brought from home; or used by the army (as a procedure), and different from its civilian counterpart.


GI

en-noun

GI (countable and uncountable, plural GIs)

(military) A member of the U.S. military.


GI

en-verb

GI (third-person singular simple present GIs, present participle GIing, simple past and past participle GIed)

GIs (present singular third-person)
GIing (participle present)
GIed (participle past)
GIed (past)
G.I. (alternative)

Top, get the unit to GI this AO before the old man arrives.

Afterwards, a lifer noncom would go ape shit over his low-speed high-drag peons and plan a GI party, sometimes giving his half-stepping shamurai warriors instructions about dust bunnies and getting everything dress right dress while adjusting their headspace and timing in the front leaning rest position.

2013, Scott Haraburda, Christian Controversies: Seeking the Truth, page 237:


rouse

rouses (plural)
rouze (alternative obsolete)

From Middle English rousen, from Anglo-Norman reuser, ruser, originally used in English of hawks shaking the feathers of the body, from Latin recūsō, by loss of the medial 'c.' Doublet of recuse.
Figurative meaning “to stir up, provoke to activity” is from 1580s; that of “awaken” is first recorded 1590s.

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-rouse.wav

(military, British and Canada) The sounding of a bugle in the morning after reveille, to signal that soldiers are to rise from bed, often the rouse.


tomar

pt-verb

tomar (first-person singular present tomo, first-person singular preterite tomei, past participle tomado)

tomo (first-person present singular)
tomei (first-person preterite singular)
tomado (participle past)
tomar (impersonal infinitive)
tomar (first-person infinitive singular)
tomares (infinitive second-person singular)
tomar (infinitive singular third-person)
tomarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
tomardes (infinitive plural second-person)
tomarem (infinitive plural third-person)
tomando (gerund)
tomado (masculine participle past singular)
tomados (masculine participle past plural)
tomada (feminine participle past singular)
tomadas (feminine participle past plural)
tomo (first-person indicative present singular)
tomas (indicative present second-person singular)
toma (indicative present singular third-person)
tomamos (first-person indicative plural present)
tomais (indicative plural present second-person)
tomam (indicative plural present third-person)
tomava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
tomavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
tomava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
tomávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
tomáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
tomavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
tomei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
tomaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
tomou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
tomamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
tomámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
tomastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
tomaram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
tomara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
tomaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
tomara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
tomáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
tomáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
tomaram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
tomarei (first-person future indicative singular)
tomarás (future indicative second-person singular)
tomará (future indicative singular third-person)
tomaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
tomareis (future indicative plural second-person)
tomarão (future indicative plural third-person)
tomaria (conditional first-person singular)
tomarias (conditional second-person singular)
tomaria (conditional singular third-person)
tomaríamos (conditional first-person plural)
tomaríeis (conditional plural second-person)
tomariam (conditional plural third-person)
tome (first-person present singular subjunctive)
tomes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
tome (present singular subjunctive third-person)
tomemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
tomeis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
tomem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
tomasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
tomasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
tomasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
tomássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
tomásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
tomassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
tomar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
tomares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
tomar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
tomarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
tomardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
tomarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
toma (imperative second-person singular)
tome (imperative singular third-person)
tomemos (first-person imperative plural)
tomai (imperative plural second-person)
tomem (imperative plural third-person)
não tomes (imperative negative second-person singular)
não tome (imperative negative singular third-person)
não tomemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não tomeis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não tomem (imperative negative plural third-person)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tomar, of unknown origin. Possibly derived from Latin autumāre (“to reckon; to affirm”). Compare Galician and Spanish tomar.

unk

unknown

Os cruzados tomaram Jerusalém.

(transitive) to take (to get something into one’s possession or control)

(transitive, military) to take; to conquer (to seize control of a location)


guerrilla

en-adj

guerrilla (comparative more guerrilla, superlative most guerrilla)

more guerrilla (comparative)
most guerrilla (superlative)
guerilla (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish guerrilla, diminutive of guerra (“war”), coined during the Peninsular War.

Wherever Nicholson was most wanted, there he was sure to be found. What his life was at this time may be seen from a letter he wrote to his mother: 'I am leading a very guerrilla sort of life with seven hundred horse and foot raised among the people of the country. The chieftain who is in rebellion has eight regular regiments and sixteen guns, so that I am unable to meet them openly in the field.'

1908, George Devereux Oswell, chapter VII, in Sketches of Rulers of India, volume I, page 127:

On the other hand, after the fall of Feng Ling Tu, the operations of Central Shansi, and Suiyuan, troops were more guerrilla than orthodox in nature.

1963, Samuel B. Griffith (translator), Mao Zedong, The Red Book of Guerrilla Warfare, edited by Shawn Conners, published 2010, page 14, original 1937

The Slovak uprising in the latter days was not guerrilla in character, which, incidentally, may have been one of the reasons for its failure.

1976, Walter Laqueur, Guerrilla Warfare, page 205:

(military) Relating to, using, or typical of guerrilla warfare, or its principles of small independent or non-official perpetrators.


BCD

(military) Initialism of bad-conduct discharge.


KP

en-noun

KP (countable and uncountable, plural KPs)

(military) Initialism of kitchen police/patrol (enlisted person assigned to assist in the kitchen, or the role itself).


NCAP

NCAP (countable and uncountable, plural NCAPs)

(military) Initialism of night combat air patrol.


FAA

(military, nautical, aviation) Initialism of Fleet Air Arm (carrier-borne air force of the U.K.'s Royal Navy).


FAA

Forças Armadas de Angola
w:pt:Forças Armadas de Angola

(Angola, military) initialism of Forças Armadas de Angola (“Armed Forces of Angola”)


ATF

ATF (countable and uncountable, plural ATFs)

(US, military, aviation) Initialism of advanced tactical fighter.

(US, military, nautical) Initialism of auxiliary tugboat fleet; a naval fleet tugboat, a fleet tug that can keep up with a fleet on operations


ARV

armored recovery vehicle
w:armoured recovery vehicle

(military) Initialism of armored recovery vehicle.


AMD

(military) initialism of auto-mitrailleuse de découverte, reconnaissance machine-gun carrier or armored car


ACE

ACE (countable and uncountable, plural ACEs)

human recombinant soluble angiotensin-converting enzyme 2

(military, NATO) Initialism of air combat element.

aviation combat element
w:aviation combat element

(military, USMC) Initialism of aviation combat element.


PAC

(military) Abbreviation of Pacific (“Pacific Ocean”).


LL

(US, military) Initialism of lesson learned.


flamer

A Navy fighter was on the tail of a Jap dive bomber that was headed for the ships in the bay, and he nailed him at about 5,000 feet and made a flamer of him.

1945, The International Blue Printer, volume 18, page 26:

Fellows who didn't enjoy their breakfast unless they'd crept up behind some foolish Hun, put twenty rounds in his petrol tank and made a flamer of him.


tactical

(firearms) Having a military appearance, typically with accessories such as a bipod, adjustable stock, detachable magazine or black coloration.


Tail End Charlie

Tail End Charlie (plural Tail End Charlies)

Tail End Charlies (plural)
Tail-End Charlie (alternative)

(military, slang) The man guarding the rear of a patrol.


JAG

JAG (countable and uncountable, plural JAGs)

Of the three JAGs who were dismissed, I know Lt. Gen. Charles Plummer and worked with him for more than three years.

2025 February 24, Frank Kendall, “America Has a Rogue President”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(US military, law) Acronym of judge advocate general.


ATO

ATO (countable and uncountable, plural ATOs)

ammunition technical officer
ammunition technical officer#English

(military) Acronym of ammunition technical officer.

(military, Ukraine) Acronym of anti-terrorist operation.


TTP

TTP (countable and uncountable, plural TTPs)

The cyber operation began and used the same malware and TTPs from the Crimea.

2018, Kha M. Nguyen, Learning to Mow Grass: IDF Adaptations to Hybrid Threats, page 33:

Al Qaeda used email as a TTP to communicate with what they called their ‘link man’ to bring the plot to fruition (Silber 2012, 163).

2022, John Michael Weaver, The U.S. Cybersecurity and Intelligence Analysis Challenges, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 43:

(computer security, military, countable) Initialism of tactic(s), technique(s) and procedure(s).


TD

TD (countable and uncountable, plural TDs)

Territorial Decoration
w:Territorial Decoration

(military) Initialism of Territorial Decoration (previously awarded to officers who had more than 12 years commissioned service in the Territorial Army (UK)).


RH

RH (countable and uncountable, plural RHs)

(US, army, aviation) Initialism of reconnaissance helicopter.


SS

en:NATO code for certain surface-to-surface missile systems

(military, astronautics) NATO prefix-code for surface-to-surface missiles developed by the Soviet Union


GF

(chemistry, military) Initialism of German agent F (US designation for the nerve gas cyclosarin).


генерал

be-noun

генера́л<pr>

генера́л • (hjenjerál) m pers (genitive генера́ла, nominative plural генера́лы, genitive plural генера́лаў)

генера́л (canonical)
hjenjerál (romanization)
генера́ла (genitive)
генера́лы (nominative plural)
генера́лаў (genitive plural)
генера́л (nominative singular)
генера́лы (nominative plural)
генера́ла (genitive singular)
генера́лаў (genitive plural)
генера́лу (dative singular)
генера́лам (dative plural)
генера́ла (accusative singular)
генера́лаў (accusative plural)
генера́лам (instrumental singular)
генера́ламі (instrumental plural)
генера́ле (locative singular)
генера́лах (locative plural)
генера́лы (count-form plural)
anarał (alternative obsolete)
hanarał (alternative obsolete)
ганара́л (alternative obsolete)
генэра́л (alternative Taraškievica)
hienerał (alternative)

be-ndecl

генера́л<pr>

Compare Polish generał, Russian генера́л (generál) and Ukrainian генера́л (henerál).

Dambróuśki anaráł pólśki, wiélmi atwáżny i razúmny czaławiék.

1859 [1834], Vincent Dunin-Marcinkievič, “Tałkawáńnia Bylicy piérszaj [Translator's notes for the first chapter]”, in Pan Tadeusz, Wilno: Drukarnia A. Syrkina, translation of Pan Tadeusz by Adam Mickiewicz (in Polish), page 108:

Dąbrowski is a Polish general, very courageous and smart person.

In the mean time the day had dawned, and when the line of the French army was ready to receive its general, the rays of a brilliant sun were glancing along its glittering array.

1940 [1826], James Fenimore Cooper, anonymous translator, Апошні з магікан, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Last of the Mohicans, page 13:

After a short while, the French lined up to prepare for receiving their general, and when Montcalm was inspecting the ranks of his army, the rays of a brilliant sun were sparkling on the weapons of his soldiers.

Xutka francuzy vystrailisja, ryxtujučysja sustrecʹ hjenjerala, i kali Mankalʹm ahljadaŭ rady svajhó vójska, pramjenni jarkaha sónca bliščeli na zbrói jahó saldat.

(military) general (holder of a senior military title, originally designating the commander of an army)


генерал

bg-noun

генера́л • (generál) m

генера́л (canonical)
generál (romanization)
генера́л (indefinite singular)
генера́ли (indefinite plural)
генера́лът (definite singular subjective)
генера́лите (definite plural subjective)
генера́ла (definite objective singular)
генера́лите (definite objective plural)
генера́ле (singular vocative)
генера́ли (plural vocative)

bg-ndecl

генера́л<(h)>

Borrowed from German General, from Latin generālis.


генерал

kk-decl-noun

генералдардың

генералдарға

генералдарды

генералдарда

генералдардан

генералдармен

генерал (general nominative singular)
генералдар (nominative plural)
генералдың (genitive singular)
генералдардың (genitive plural)
генералға (dative singular)
генералдарға (dative plural)
генералды (accusative singular)
генералдарды (accusative plural)
генералда (locative singular)
генералдарда (locative plural)
генералдан (ablative singular)
генералдардан (ablative plural)
генералмен (instrumental singular)
генералдармен (instrumental plural)

Borrowed from Russian генера́л (generál), from German General, from Latin generālis.

Kazakh alphabets#Arabic script
Kazakh alphabets#Cyrillic script
Kazakh alphabets#Latin script
kk:генерал


генерал

mk-noun

генера́л • (generál) m (plural генера́ли)

генера́л (canonical)
generál (romanization)
генера́ли (plural)
генерал (general indefinite singular)
генерали (indefinite plural)
генералот (definite singular unspecified)
генералите (definite plural unspecified)
генералов (definite proximal singular)
генераливе (definite plural proximal)
генералон (definite distal singular)
генералине (definite distal plural)
генерале (singular vocative)
генерали (plural vocative)
генерала (count-form plural)


генерал

ru-noun+

генера́л • (generál) m anim or m inan (genitive генера́ла, nominative plural генера́лы, genitive plural генера́лов)

генера́л (canonical)
generál (romanization)
генера́ла (genitive)
генера́лы (nominative plural)
генера́лов (genitive plural)
генера́л (nominative singular)
генера́лы (nominative plural)
генера́ла (genitive singular)
генера́лов (genitive plural)
генера́лу (dative singular)
генера́лам (dative plural)
генера́ла (accusative animate singular)
генера́лов (accusative animate plural)
генера́л (accusative inanimate singular)
генера́лы (accusative inanimate plural)
генера́лом (instrumental singular)
генера́лами (instrumental plural)
генера́ле (prepositional singular)
генера́лах (plural prepositional)
генера́лъ (alternative)

→ Armenian: գեներալ (general)

→ Kazakh: генерал (general)

[ɡʲɪnʲɪˈraɫ]

Ru-генерал.ogg

Генера́л а́рмии

— Кто бы мог думать, ваше превосходительство, что человеческая пища, в первоначальном виде, летает, плавает и на деревьях растёт? — сказал один генерал.
— Да, — отвечал другой генерал, — признаться, и я до сих пор думал, что булки в том самом виде родятся, как их утром к кофею подают!

1869, Салтыков-Щедрин, Повесть о том, как один мужик двух генералов прокормил; English translation from How a Muzhik Fed Two Officials, New York: Modern Library, 1925:

"The human pabulum in its original form flies, swims and grows on trees. Who would have thought it your Excellency?" said the one Official.
"To be sure," rejoined the other Official. "I, too, must admit that I had imagined that our breakfast rolls came into the world just as they appear on the table."

— Kto by mog dumatʹ, vaše prevosxoditelʹstvo, što čelovečeskaja pišča, v pervonačalʹnom vide, letajet, plavajet i na derevʹjax rastjót? — skazal odin general.
— Da, — otvečal drugoj general, — priznatʹsja, i ja do six por dumal, što bulki v tom samom vide rodjatsja, kak ix utrom k kofeju podajut!


генерал

генѐра̄л (canonical masculine)
genèrāl (romanization)
генѐра̄л (nominative singular)
генерали (nominative plural)
генера́ла (genitive singular)
генерала (genitive plural)
генералу (dative singular)
генералима (dative plural)
генерала (accusative singular)
генерале (accusative plural)
генерале (singular vocative)
генерали (plural vocative)
генералу (locative singular)
генералима (locative plural)
генералом (instrumental singular)
генералима (instrumental plural)


генерал

uk-noun

генера́л<pr>

генера́л • (henerál) m pers (genitive генера́ла, nominative plural генера́ли, genitive plural генера́лів)

генера́л (canonical)
henerál (romanization)
генера́ла (genitive)
генера́ли (nominative plural)
генера́лів (genitive plural)
генера́л (nominative singular)
генера́ли (nominative plural)
генера́ла (genitive singular)
генера́лів (genitive plural)
генера́лові (dative singular)
генера́лу (dative singular)
генера́лам (dative plural)
генера́ла (accusative singular)
генера́лів (accusative plural)
генера́лом (instrumental singular)
генера́лами (instrumental plural)
генера́лові (locative singular)
генера́лі (locative singular)
генера́лах (locative plural)
генера́ле (singular vocative)
генера́ли (plural vocative)
ген. (alternative)

uk-ndecl

генера́л<pr>

Uk-генерал.ogg

Inherited from Old Ruthenian генера́лъ (henerál). Borrowed from German General, from French général, from Latin generālis.


армия

armiya (romanization)
армия (nominative singular)
армиялар (nominative plural)
армияны (accusative singular)
армияланы (accusative plural)
армиягъа (dative singular)
армиялагъа (dative plural)
армияда (locative singular)
армияларда (locative plural)
армиядан (ablative singular)
армиялардан (ablative plural)
армияны (genitive singular)
армияланы (genitive plural)
армияым (first-person nominative singular)
армияларым (first-person nominative)
армияымны (accusative first-person singular)
армияларымны (accusative first-person)
армияымгъа (dative first-person singular)
армияларыма (dative first-person)
армияымда (first-person locative singular)
армияларымда (first-person locative)
армияымдан (ablative first-person singular)
армияларымдан (ablative first-person)
армияымны (first-person genitive singular)
армияларымны (first-person genitive)
армияыбыз (first-person nominative)
армияларыбыз (first-person nominative plural)
армияыбызны (accusative first-person)
армияларыбызны (accusative first-person plural)
армияыбызгъа (dative first-person)
армияларыбызгъа (dative first-person plural)
армияыбызда (first-person locative)
армияларыбызда (first-person locative plural)
армияыбыздан (ablative first-person)
армияларыбыздан (ablative first-person plural)
армияыбызны (first-person genitive)
армияларыбызны (first-person genitive plural)
армияынгъ (nominative second-person singular)
армияларынгъ (nominative second-person)
армияынгъны (accusative second-person singular)
армияларынгъны (accusative second-person)
армияынгъа (dative second-person singular)
армияларынгъа (dative second-person)
армияынгъда (locative second-person singular)
армияларынгъда (locative second-person)
армияынгъдан (ablative second-person singular)
армияларынгъдан (ablative second-person)
армияынгъны (genitive second-person singular)
армияларынгъны (genitive second-person)
армияыгъыз (nominative second-person)
армияларыгъыз (nominative plural second-person)
армияыгъызны (accusative second-person)
армияларыгъызны (accusative plural second-person)
армияыгъызгъа (dative second-person)
армияларыгъызгъа (dative plural second-person)
армияыгъызда (locative second-person)
армияларыгъызда (locative plural second-person)
армияыгъыздан (ablative second-person)
армияларыбыздан (ablative plural second-person)
армияыгъызны (genitive second-person)
армияларыгъызны (genitive plural second-person)
армияы (nominative singular third-person)
армиялары (nominative plural third-person)
армияын (accusative singular third-person)
армияларын (accusative plural third-person)
армияына (dative singular third-person)
армияларына (dative plural third-person)
армияында (locative singular third-person)
армияларында (locative plural third-person)
армияындан (ablative singular third-person)
армияларындан (ablative plural third-person)
армияыны (genitive singular third-person)
армияларыны (genitive plural third-person)

Borrowed from Russian армия (armija), from French armée (“armed forces”).

Къызыл армия

(military) army (organized military force of a nation)


DARPA

(US, military) Acronym of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.


CAS

en-noun

CAS (countable and uncountable, plural CASes)

(military) Initialism of combat armor suit, used for a powered, armed and armored exoskeleton, in fiction and military research.

(military, aviation) Acronym of close air support.


DTRA

(US, military) Initialism of Defense Threat Reduction Agency.


interoperability

interoperability (countable and uncountable, plural interoperabilities)

interoperabilities (plural)
inter-operability (alternative)

/ˌɪntəɹɒpəɹəˈbɪləti/

From interoperable + -ity; alternatively analyzed as inter- + operability.

Dr Fox and Mr Morin have ruled out the notion of binational crews, but they are still exploring other ways to enhance the interoperability of France’s Charles de Gaulle and Britain’s planned two new carriers, which seem likely to be spared by the defence review.

2010 October 14, “Entente or bust”, in The Economist:

(military) The capacity for a service, piece of equipment etc., to be operated by different forces or groups.


semi-automatic

semi-automatics (plural)
semiautomatic (alternative)
semi-auto (alternative)
semiauto (alternative)

The Los Angeles ordinance covers semi-automatics with a detachable magazine of 20 rounds or more. As examples, it cited such weapons as the AR 15 assault rifles, Uzi assault rifles and carbines, Ingram Mac-10 and Mac-11 assault carbines, AK-47 assault rifles, Thompson carbines and all Avtomat Kalashnikov weapons.

1989 February 8, Robert Reinhold, “LOS ANGELES BANS RAPID-FIRING GUNS”, in The New York Times:

(weaponry) A semi-automatic firearm, especially such a pistol.


shadowbox

en-verb

shadowbox (third-person singular simple present shadowboxes, present participle shadowboxing, simple past and past participle shadowboxed)

shadowboxes (present singular third-person)
shadowboxing (participle present)
shadowboxed (participle past)
shadowboxed (past)
shadow-box (alternative)
shadow box (alternative)

From shadow + box (“to fight in a boxing match”).

com

He was shadowboxing to keep fit and practice before the big fight.

The fighter starts to shadowbox in front of them.

1975, Stephen Dunning, Literature for Adolescents, page 392:

McAfferty giggled, then stepped back and shadowboxed, jabbing the air with his little fists.

He shadowboxed harder than anyone I had seen before, and I soon developed that habit, too.

2018, Glen Sharp, Punching from the Shadows, page 117:

(boxing, martial arts) To practice moves without an actual opponent, often in front of a mirror.


RSS

R.S.S. (alternative)
R. S. S. (alternative)

Republic of Singapore
Republic of Singapore#English

(military, nautical, Singapore) Initialism of Republic of Singapore Ship (“prefix of Navy ships belonging to the Republic of Singapore Navy”).


garnison

garnison m (definite singular garnisonen, indefinite plural garnisoner, definite plural garnisonene)

garnisonen (definite singular)
garnisoner (indefinite plural)
garnisonene (definite plural)

2012, "Ørnens erobring" by Simon Scarrow, Front Forlag →ISBN. https://books.google.no/books?id=JaESCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT181&lpg=PT181&dq=%22garnisonene%22&source=bl&ots=2af-JpJdLR&sig=DAIsiKHUK_B0r2U7bwm5J824KRY&hl=no&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiLgZCkjPbYAhVeFMAKHcpzByQQ6AEIWDAJ#v=onepage&q=%22garnisonene%22&f=false
Han hadde ikke gitt noen advarsel om at han kom på inspeksjon, men ville se hver av garnisonene slik den vanligvis fungerte uten at de hadde gjort noen spesielle forberedelser fordi en høyere offiser skulle komme.

He had not given any warning that he was coming on inspection, but wanted to see each of the garrisons as they usually functioned, without them having made any special preparations because a higher officer was coming.


garnison

garnison m (definite singular garnisonen, indefinite plural garnisonar, definite plural garnisonane)

garnisonen (definite singular)
garnisonar (indefinite plural)
garnisonane (definite plural)


BRACC

Base Realignment and Closure
w:Base Realignment and Closure

(US, military) Acronym of Base Realignment and Closure.


GD

(chemistry, military) Initialism of German agent D (US designation for the nerve gas soman).


OC

en-noun

OC (countable and uncountable, plural OCs)


exec

“'Okay. Report to the exec's office right after inspection tomorrow, Mister Keith. Best of luck.”

1951, Herman Wouk, The Caine Mutiny, page 17:

(military, informal) An executive officer, i.e. the chief assistant to the commanding officer.


SSM

SSM (countable and uncountable, plural SSMs)

surface-to-surface missile
surface-to-surface missile#English

(military) Initialism of surface-to-surface missile.


RSM

regimental sergeant major
regimental sergeant major#English

(military) Initialism of regimental sergeant major.


antiballistic

(military, of a missile, or system) designed to detect, intercept, and destroy a ballistic missile in flight

antibalístico

designed to intercept a ballistic missile in flight


harassment

harassment (countable and uncountable, plural harassments)

→ Russian: хара́ссмент (xarássment)

→ Japanese: ハラスメント

Borrowed from Middle French harassement. By surface analysis, harass + -ment.

Throughout this period, and beyond, into the rest of the battle, aircraft of various types and loadouts are crisscrossing the skies in desperate harassment attacks, with the pilots having to play constant games of "guess the carrier" to decide where to land as escort carriers are hit, sunk, disappear in columns of shell splashes, or are forced to evade at angles to the wind that make landing on them impossible.

2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 27:22 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 2022-11-03:

(military) The use of repeated small-scale attacks to wear down an enemy force.


dink

Origin unknown. Attested since the 1960s. Compare Chink, a derogatory term for a Chinese person.

unknown

Origin unknown

Our job was to go out on night patrols and stay behind to zap any dinks we caught sneaking back to their holes at dawn.

1989, Craig Roberts, Charles W. Sasser, The Walking Dead: A Marine's Story of Vietnam, page 197:

(US, military slang, derogatory, dated) A North Vietnamese soldier.


dink

(US, military) Alternative spelling of dinq.


compartmentalization

en-noun

compartmentalization (countable and uncountable, plural compartmentalizations)

compartmentalizations (plural)
compartmentalisation (alternative)

(military) The dissemination of information and knowledge between different people or organisations on a need-to-know basis, so as to reduce the risk of espionage should one person or organisation be compromised externally.


garde

Inherited from Old French guarde, from the verb guarder (or less likely directly from Frankish *warda), from Frankish *wardōn (“to protect”). Compare Italian guardia, Spanish guarda. Cognate with English ward.

(military) sentry service performed by soldiers.

(military) soldiers doing the sentry service


słoń

słoń (nominative singular)
słonie (nominative plural)
słonia (genitive singular)
słoni (genitive plural)
słoniowi (dative singular)
słoniom (dative plural)
słoń (accusative singular)
słonie (accusative plural)
słoniem (instrumental singular)
słoniami (instrumental plural)
słoniu (locative singular)
słoniach (locative plural)
słoniu (singular vocative)
słonie (plural vocative)

(military slang) a gas mask with a long hose


landing craft

landing craft (plural landing crafts or landing craft)

landing crafts (plural)
landing craft (plural)

Turpentine timber was obtained from the forests outside Maryborough and Townsville, and shipped by rail and landing craft to Hayman Island.

1954 March, “The Hayman Island Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 207:

(nautical, military) A type of flat-bottomed boat used to transport infantry and vehicles onto a shore during an assault from the sea.


ballistic missile

ballistic missile (plural ballistic missiles)

(military, astronautics) A missile that is initially guided, but then follows a ballistic (freely falling) trajectory.


go ballistic

en-verb

go ballistic (third-person singular simple present goes ballistic, present participle going ballistic, simple past went ballistic, past participle gone ballistic)

goes ballistic (present singular third-person)
going ballistic (participle present)
went ballistic (past)
gone ballistic (participle past)

The idiomatic usage derives from the second-generation of jet fighters, armed with guided missiles, in the late 1950s into the 1960s, with the informal military sense of fully-powered non-ballistic missiles going ballistic when losing control and assuming a free-fall trajectory, sense 3. But in subsequent usage the term has often become associated with the intentionally ballistic, suborbital trajectories of long-range, typically nuclear-armed missiles, sense 2.

I... fired two AIM-7s in a ripple. One AIM-7 went ballistic. The other guided but passed behind the MIG and did not detonate. Knowing that I was then too close for further AIM-7 firing...

1976, Robert Frank Futrell, The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia-- aces and aerial victories, 1965-1973

In the case of retarded bombs released at too high a speed, the retarding fins might tear away and allow the bomb to go ballistic.

1986, Alfred Price, Air Battle Central Europe

Putting something between you and the guidance radar will cause the missile to go ballistic.

1983, Michael Skinner, USAFE: A primer of modern air combat in Europe

(military, slang) for a powered, usually guided missile or other aerial vehicle to travel on an unguided or ballistic trajectory, having lost power, control or guidance


mobility

en-noun

mobility (countable and uncountable, plural mobilities)

From Middle French mobilité, and its source, Latin mōbilitās (“mobility”).

(military) The ability of a military unit to move or be transported to a new position.


Mörser

de-noun

Mörser m (strong, genitive Mörsers, plural Mörser)

Mörsers (genitive)
Mörser (plural)
Mörser (nominative singular)
Mörser (definite nominative plural)
Mörsers (genitive singular)
Mörser (definite genitive plural)
Mörser (dative singular)
Mörsern (dative definite plural)
Mörser (accusative singular)
Mörser (accusative definite plural)
Mörsel (alternative obsolete)

From Middle High German mörser, mörsære, from Old High German morsāri, from Proto-West Germanic *morsārī, alternative form of *mortārī (“mortar”). Doublet of Mörtel.

de:Mörser (Geschütz)
de:Mörser (Werkzeug)


OCS

(military) Initialism of Officer Candidate School.

Officer Cadet School
w:Officer Cadet School

(Singapore, military) Initialism of Officer Cadet School.


HMT

HMTs (plural)
H.M.T. (alternative)
H. M. T. (alternative)

(UK, military, nautical) Initialism of His/Her Majesty's Trawler.


parry

From earlier parree, from Middle English *parree, *paree, from Old French paree (“preparation, ceremony, parade”), from Medieval Latin parāta (“preparation, parade”), from parāre (“to ward off, guard, defend, prepare, get ready”). More at pare. The English verb is taken from the noun. Doublet of parade.
Alternative etymology derives the verb parry from French parez, the imperative form of parer (“to fend off”), ultimately from the Medieval Latin parāre. See above.

der

(fencing) A simple defensive action designed to deflect an attack, performed with the forte of the blade.

пари́рање

in fencing, simple defensive action designed to deflect


app

SCULLY: What are these chips used for?
PENDRELL: Video games, brake systems, they're finding new apps every day. I just read about one being designed to help the severely disabled operate computers using brainwaves.

1995, The X-Files (TV series), Nisei (episode)

(military) application (use, purpose; not a computer program)


Lauf

de-noun

Lauf m (strong, genitive Laufes or Laufs, plural Läufe)

Laufes (genitive)
Laufs (genitive)
Läufe (plural)
Lauf (nominative singular)
Läufe (definite nominative plural)
Laufes (genitive singular)
Laufs (genitive singular)
Läufe (definite genitive plural)
Lauf (dative singular)
Laufe (dative singular)
Läufen (dative definite plural)
Lauf (accusative singular)
Läufe (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German louf, from Old High German hlouf; louf, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupą.


tinker

(US)

From Middle English tynkere, perhaps from Old English *tincere, from tin (“tin”) + *cere, as in bēocere (“beekeeper”).

if ifs and ands were pots and pans, there'd be no work for tinkers' hands


SAM

surface-to-air missile
surface-to-air missile#English

(military) Initialism of surface-to-air missile.


есть

head

есть • (jestʹ)


ship of the line

en-noun

ship of the line (plural ships of the line)

ships of the line (plural)
ship-of-the-line (alternative)

Contraction of line of battle ship, a warship large enough to be in the line of battle. See also battleship, contracted from the same phrase.

(nautical, military) A large square-rigged warship large enough to have a place in the line of battle, with up to 140 guns on at least two decks. A capital ship from the age of sail, superior to a frigate; usually, a seventy-four, or three-decker.


AAS

(military) Initialism of Arnold Air Society, a professional honorary service organization for Air Force officer candidates.


SAP

SAP (countable and uncountable, plural SAPs)

special access program
w:special access program

(US, military) Initialism of special access program.


AV

(US, military, nautical) Initialism of Auxiliary Voler, a naval aircraft transport.


merlon

Borrowed from French merlon, from Italian merlone (“merlon”), from merlo (“merlon”) + -one (suffix forming augmentatives). Merlo is derived from Late Latin merulus, merlus, possibly from Latin merula (“blackbird”) (as merlons resemble a row of birds perched on a wall), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ems- (“black; blackbird”). The English word is cognate with Italian mergolo (“battlement; pinnacle”), Portuguese merlão, Spanish merlón (“merlon”).

cog

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-merlon.wav

The Merlons, to the end that they may be good, ought to be made of Earth, the most eaſie to be tempered that may be: And this Earth ought alſo to be mixed with Withy Twigs, or Brambles, provided they take Root, after which they are to be lined with good Turff.

1693, “Of the Embrasures or Merlons”, in Abel Swall, transl., The New Method of Fortification, as Practised by Monsieur de Vauban, Engineer General of France. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Abell Swall; […], →OCLC, book IV, page 75:

The parapet conſiſts of two parts, namely, the wall and the merlons. [...] The Merlons are detached pieces of the parapet, leaving openings called Embrasures, thro' which the cannon deliver their ſhot.

1754, J[ohn] Robertson, “A Treatise of Marine Fortification”, in The Elements of Navigation; Containing the Theory and Practice. […], volume II, London: […] J[ohn] Nourse, […], →OCLC, section II (Of Batteries), paragraph 26, page 610:

A battery of guns is a bank of earth thrown up to cover the men that are to ſerve the guns; this bank is cut into holes for the cannons to fire through, about 12 feet diſtant from each other. Theſe holes are called embraſures, and the maſſes of earth between them are called merlons; [...]

1756 July, “An Account of the Siege and Capture of Port Mahon […]”, in Sylvanus Urban [pseudonym; Edward Cave], editor, The Gentleman’s Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, volume XXVI, London: […] D[avid] Henry and R. Cave, […], →OCLC, footnote, page 319, column 2:

Along the walls, at the distance of every hundred yards, were square stone towers. In the parapets were also embrasures, and holes in merlons for archery; but there were no cannon, except a few old wrought-iron pieces near the gate.

1797, George Staunton, “Passage to the Ladrone Islands, near Macao; […]”, in An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China; […] In Two Volumes, […], volume I, London: […] G[eorge] Nicol, […], →OCLC, page 419:

[T]he property of sloping surfaces [...] causes a cannon ball from the fortress, which enters by the mouth and strikes one cheek of an embrasure, to glance off without penetrating through the merlon on that side. Such a ball is not therefore likely to prove fatal to those men who are covered by the merlon, but to those only who stand immediately behind the embrasure, and not always even to them, for if it should strike the very sloping part of the cheek, it may be reflected upwards.

1832, C[harles] W[illiam] Pasley, “Of the Space that Must be Allowed, for the Extreme Half Merlon at the Flank of a Battery, when Finished without an Empaulment”, in Rules, Chiefly Deduced from Experiment, for Conducting the Practical Operations of a Siege, Chatham, Kent: […] Establishment for Field Instruction, →OCLC, part II (Containing an Essay on the Construction of Batteries in the Field), section I (The Several Kinds of Batteries Defined. […]), page 16:

He had appropriated a thick tapestry rope in the great hall, and now, having reached the parapet, he looped the soft strong cord about the girl's hips and lowered her to the earth. Then, making one end fast to a merlon, he slid down after her.

1934 August, Robert E[rvin] Howard, “The Devil in Iron”, in Farnsworth Wright, editor, Weird Tales: A Magazine of the Bizarre and Unusual, Indianapolis, Ind.: Popular Fiction Pub. Co., →OCLC; republished as The Devil in Iron, [Auckland]: The Floating Press, 2013, →ISBN, page 42:

The exterior façades of the Cordoba mosque are carefully composed, with buttresses interspersed with doorways which reflect the framed arch of the mihrab. The upper line of the wall is given a dramatic and eastern finish with a row of stepped merlons.

1991, Barbara Brend, “Lands of the West: Egypt, North Africa and Spain”, in Islamic Art, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 54:

The castle spread out before him, its high solid sandstone walls, with their crenel and merlon battlements ending in round towers, was a magnificent sight.

2012, James Herbert, chapter 21, in Ash, London: Pan Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 141:

(architecture, military, historical) Any of the upright projections between the embrasures of a battlement, originally for archers to shield behind while shooting arrows over the embrasures, or through loopholes in the merlons.

kanteel

any of the upright projections between the embrasures of a battlement


merlon

→ English: merlon

From Italian merlone (“merlon”), from merlo (“merlon”) + -one (suffix forming augmentatives). Merlo is derived from Late Latin merulus, merlus, possibly from Latin merula (“blackbird”) (as merlons resemble a row of birds perched on a wall), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ems- (“black; blackbird”).


embrasure

/ɪmˈbɹeɪʒə(ɹ)/

But there were less casualties than might have been expected, and the barricade rose steadily, a wall of concrete two feet thick, with embrasures for two machine-guns and a small field gun.

1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter VI, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC:

The walls are slitted with embrasures through which bowmen could fire, indicating that the belfry also served as a stronghold during border skirmishes.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 311, about the church at Pembridge:

(architecture, military) Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement; an opening in a wall or parapet through which ordnance can be fired.

مَزْغَل

any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement


tenable

en-adj

tenable (comparative more tenable, superlative most tenable)

more tenable (comparative)
most tenable (superlative)

From the French tenable, from tenir (“to hold”); compare tenible.

The island of Melos undoubtedly fell within his general conceptions of tenable empire for Athens.

1850, George Grote, A History of Greece; from the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation Contemporary with Alexander the Great, volume 8:

(military) Capable of being defended against assault or attack; defensible

удържим

of a defensive structure: capable of being defended


Heer

de-noun

Heer n (strong, genitive Heeres or Heers, plural Heere)

Heeres (genitive)
Heers (genitive)
Heere (plural)
Heer (nominative singular)
Heere (definite nominative plural)
Heeres (genitive singular)
Heers (genitive singular)
Heere (definite genitive plural)
Heer (dative singular)
Heere (dative singular)
Heeren (dative definite plural)
Heer (accusative singular)
Heere (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German her, from Old High German heri, from Proto-West Germanic *hari, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“war, struggle”).
Cognates include Old Norse herr (“crowd, troops”) (> Danish hær (“troops”))), Dutch heer (“army”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐍃 (harjis, “army, host”), Old English here (“army”). Relation to Sanskrit कुल (kula, “flock, herd, family”) has been theorised. False cognate of Spanish ejército, from Latin exerceo ("I exercise, I oversee").

cog

(collective, military, in the plural) army (ground forces)


environ

en-verb

environ (third-person singular simple present environs, present participle environing, simple past and past participle environed)

environs (present singular third-person)
environing (participle present)
environed (participle past)
environed (past)
environ (infinitive)
environ (first-person present singular)
environed (first-person past singular)
environned (archaic first-person past singular)
environ (present second-person singular)
environest (archaic present second-person singular)
environed (past second-person singular)
environedst (archaic past second-person singular)
environned (archaic past second-person singular)
environs (present singular third-person)
environeth (archaic present singular third-person)
environed (past singular third-person)
environned (archaic past singular third-person)
environ (plural present)
environed (past plural)
environned (archaic past plural)
environ (present subjunctive)
environed (past subjunctive)
environned (archaic past subjunctive)
environ (imperative present)
environing (participle present)
environed (participle past)
environned (archaic participle past)

From Middle English envirounen, enviroun (“to surround in a circle or ring, or on the perimeter; to beset, besiege; to cover, enclose, envelop; to provide a setting or surrounding to; to move in a circle; to move around the perimeter; to go, move, or wander about (a place); to fill or pervade (a place); to run all the way through”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman envirouner [and other forms], Middle French environner, and Old French environner (“to arrange in a circle; to circumnavigate, travel around; to traverse, wander around; to encircle, encompass, surround”) [and other forms] (modern French environner), from environ (adverb) (see etymology 1) + -er (suffix forming verbs).
Cognates
* Catalan environar (obsolete)
* Old French avironer, avironner (Middle French avironer, avironner, Anglo-Norman avironer, aviruner)
* Spanish environar (obsolete)

nb...

enueroun, enuerown, enueyron, enuiron, enuyron, enuyronne, enuyroun, enuyrounne, enuyrowne, enverom, enveron, enveroun, enverounen, enverroun, environ, environne, enviroune, envirowne, envyron, envyrone, envyroun, envyroune, envyrown

اِكْتَنَفَ

to encircle or surround (someone or something) — see also encircle, surround

The Erle in good haſte departed thence to Penbroke, whome incontinent Morgan Thomas, by king Edwards commaundement ſo ſtrongly beſieged, and ſo enuironed his Caſtell with a ditche and a trench, that he could not lightly flie or eſcape thence, […]

1569, Richard Grafton, “Edwarde the Fourth”, in A Chronicle at Large and Meere History of the Affayres of Englande […], volume II, London: […] Henry Denham, […], for Richarde Tottle and Humffrey Toye, →OCLC, page 712:

Philopœmen fearinge to be enuironned, and being deſirous to bring his men ſafe home againe, vvho moſt of loue had follovved him: beganne to marche avvay through narrovv buſhy places, him ſelfe being in the rerevvard, and turned oftentimes vpon his enemies, […]

1579, Plutarke of Chæronea [i.e., Plutarch], “The Life of Philopœmen”, in Thomas North, transl., The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, […], London: […] Richard Field, →OCLC, page 406:

Enuironed he vvas vvith many foes, / And ſtood againſt them, as the hope of Troy / Againſt the Greekes, that vvould haue entred Troy.

c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 152, column 2:

The King [Cynewulf of Wessex] had an intrigue vvith a young vvoman, vvho lived at Merton in Surrey; vvhither having ſecretly retired, he vvas on a ſudden environed, in the night-time, by Kynehard and his follovvers, and after making a vigorous reſiſtance, vvas murdered, vvith all his attendants.

1762, David Hume, “ Chapter I.”, in The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Accession of Henry VII, volume I, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, page 39:

Where slavery wields her scourge of iron, / Red with mankind's unheeded gore, / And war's mad fiends environ, / Mingling with shrieks a drunken roar, […]

1813, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Notes. IV. Page 54. Falsehood and Vice: A Dialogue.”, in Queen Mab; […], London: […] P. B. Shelley, […], →OCLC, page 130:

To encircle or surround (someone or something).

(often military) To encircle or surround (someone or something) so as to attack from all sides; to beset.


SSR

(US, military, nautical, obsolete) Initialism of subsurface radar, a radar picket submarine.

(military) Initialism of special support and reconnaissance.


PW

en-noun

PW (countable and uncountable, plural PWs)

(Canada, military, countable) Initialism of prisoner of war.


korppi

korppi (nominative singular)
korpit (nominative plural)
korppi (accusative nominative singular)
korpit (accusative nominative plural)
korpin (accusative genitive singular)
korpit (accusative genitive plural)
korpin (genitive singular)
korppien (genitive plural)
korppia (partitive singular)
korppeja (partitive plural)
korpissa (inessive singular)
korpeissa (inessive plural)
korpista (elative singular)
korpeista (elative plural)
korppiin (illative singular)
korppeihin (illative plural)
korpilla (adessive singular)
korpeilla (adessive plural)
korpilta (ablative singular)
korpeilta (ablative plural)
korpille (allative singular)
korpeille (allative plural)
korppina (essive singular)
korppeina (essive plural)
korpiksi (singular translative)
korpeiksi (plural translative)
korpitta (abessive singular)
korpeitta (abessive plural)
korpein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
korppini (nominative singular)
korppini (nominative plural)
korppini (accusative nominative singular)
korppini (accusative nominative plural)
korppini (accusative genitive singular)
korppini (accusative genitive plural)
korppini (genitive singular)
korppieni (genitive plural)
korppiani (partitive singular)
korppejani (partitive plural)
korpissani (inessive singular)
korpeissani (inessive plural)
korpistani (elative singular)
korpeistani (elative plural)
korppiini (illative singular)
korppeihini (illative plural)
korpillani (adessive singular)
korpeillani (adessive plural)
korpiltani (ablative singular)
korpeiltani (ablative plural)
korpilleni (allative singular)
korpeilleni (allative plural)
korppinani (essive singular)
korppeinani (essive plural)
korpikseni (singular translative)
korpeikseni (plural translative)
korpittani (abessive singular)
korpeittani (abessive plural)
korppeineni (comitative plural)
korppisi (nominative singular)
korppisi (nominative plural)
korppisi (accusative nominative singular)
korppisi (accusative nominative plural)
korppisi (accusative genitive singular)
korppisi (accusative genitive plural)
korppisi (genitive singular)
korppiesi (genitive plural)
korppiasi (partitive singular)
korppejasi (partitive plural)
korpissasi (inessive singular)
korpeissasi (inessive plural)
korpistasi (elative singular)
korpeistasi (elative plural)
korppiisi (illative singular)
korppeihisi (illative plural)
korpillasi (adessive singular)
korpeillasi (adessive plural)
korpiltasi (ablative singular)
korpeiltasi (ablative plural)
korpillesi (allative singular)
korpeillesi (allative plural)
korppinasi (essive singular)
korppeinasi (essive plural)
korpiksesi (singular translative)
korpeiksesi (plural translative)
korpittasi (abessive singular)
korpeittasi (abessive plural)
korppeinesi (comitative plural)
korppimme (nominative singular)
korppimme (nominative plural)
korppimme (accusative nominative singular)
korppimme (accusative nominative plural)
korppimme (accusative genitive singular)
korppimme (accusative genitive plural)
korppimme (genitive singular)
korppiemme (genitive plural)
korppiamme (partitive singular)
korppejamme (partitive plural)
korpissamme (inessive singular)
korpeissamme (inessive plural)
korpistamme (elative singular)
korpeistamme (elative plural)
korppiimme (illative singular)
korppeihimme (illative plural)
korpillamme (adessive singular)
korpeillamme (adessive plural)
korpiltamme (ablative singular)
korpeiltamme (ablative plural)
korpillemme (allative singular)
korpeillemme (allative plural)
korppinamme (essive singular)
korppeinamme (essive plural)
korpiksemme (singular translative)
korpeiksemme (plural translative)
korpittamme (abessive singular)
korpeittamme (abessive plural)
korppeinemme (comitative plural)
korppinne (nominative singular)
korppinne (nominative plural)
korppinne (accusative nominative singular)
korppinne (accusative nominative plural)
korppinne (accusative genitive singular)
korppinne (accusative genitive plural)
korppinne (genitive singular)
korppienne (genitive plural)
korppianne (partitive singular)
korppejanne (partitive plural)
korpissanne (inessive singular)
korpeissanne (inessive plural)
korpistanne (elative singular)
korpeistanne (elative plural)
korppiinne (illative singular)
korppeihinne (illative plural)
korpillanne (adessive singular)
korpeillanne (adessive plural)
korpiltanne (ablative singular)
korpeiltanne (ablative plural)
korpillenne (allative singular)
korpeillenne (allative plural)
korppinanne (essive singular)
korppeinanne (essive plural)
korpiksenne (singular translative)
korpeiksenne (plural translative)
korpittanne (abessive singular)
korpeittanne (abessive plural)
korppeinenne (comitative plural)
korppinsa (nominative singular)
korppinsa (nominative plural)
korppinsa (accusative nominative singular)
korppinsa (accusative nominative plural)
korppinsa (accusative genitive singular)
korppinsa (accusative genitive plural)
korppinsa (genitive singular)
korppiensa (genitive plural)
korppiaan (partitive singular)
korppiansa (partitive singular)
korppejaan (partitive plural)
korppejansa (partitive plural)
korpissaan (inessive singular)
korpissansa (inessive singular)
korpeissaan (inessive plural)
korpeissansa (inessive plural)
korpistaan (elative singular)
korpistansa (elative singular)
korpeistaan (elative plural)
korpeistansa (elative plural)
korppiinsa (illative singular)
korppeihinsa (illative plural)
korpillaan (adessive singular)
korpillansa (adessive singular)
korpeillaan (adessive plural)
korpeillansa (adessive plural)
korpiltaan (ablative singular)
korpiltansa (ablative singular)
korpeiltaan (ablative plural)
korpeiltansa (ablative plural)
korpilleen (allative singular)
korpillensa (allative singular)
korpeilleen (allative plural)
korpeillensa (allative plural)
korppinaan (essive singular)
korppinansa (essive singular)
korppeinaan (essive plural)
korppeinansa (essive plural)
korpikseen (singular translative)
korpiksensa (singular translative)
korpeikseen (plural translative)
korpeiksensa (plural translative)
korpittaan (abessive singular)
korpittansa (abessive singular)
korpeittaan (abessive plural)
korpeittansa (abessive plural)
korppeineen (comitative plural)
korppeinensa (comitative plural)

Clipping of korpraali + -i, influenced by korppi (“raven”).

(military slang) synonym of korpraali (“lance corporal”)


RTO

RTO (countable and uncountable, plural RTOs)

(military) Initialism of radiotelephone operator.