regular army

regular army

n. The permanent standing army of a nation or state.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

regular army - a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or statearmy, ground forceslegion, host - archaic terms for armyarmy unit - a military unit that is part of an armyarmed service, military service, service - a force that is a branch of the armed forcesarmed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"army corps, corps - an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their supportstanding army - a permanent army of paid soldiersUnion Army - the northern army during the American Civil WarArmy of the Confederacy, Confederate Army - the southern army during the American Civil WarContinental Army - the American army during the American Revolution

Translations

esercito regolare