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Definition of Grand Army in English: Grand Armynoun ɡrand ˈɑːmi 1A field army deployed in India in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, composed of both Royal Service troops and those employed by the East India Company, under the personal command of the commander-in-chief of Bombay, Madras, or India as a whole. Now historical. 3US. In full "Grand Army of the Republic". An association of veterans who served in the Union army or navy during the American Civil War, formed at Decatur, Illinois, in 1866. Now historical.
Origin Late 18th century; earliest use found in James Rennell (1742–1830), cartographer. From grand + army. Definition of Grand Army in US English: Grand Armynounɡrand ˈɑːmi 1A field army deployed in India in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, composed of both Royal Service troops and those employed by the East India Company, under the personal command of the commander-in-chief of Bombay, Madras, or India as a whole. Now historical. 3US. In full "Grand Army of the Republic". An association of veterans who served in the Union army or navy during the American Civil War, formed at Decatur, Illinois, in 1866. Now historical.
Origin Late 18th century; earliest use found in James Rennell (1742–1830), cartographer. From grand + army. |