Canadian English Meaning of phalanx

phalanx

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Definitions and Meaning of phalanx in English

Wordnet

phalanx (n)

any of the bones of the fingers or toes

any closely ranked crowd of people

a body of troops in close array

Webster

phalanx (n.)

A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men.

Any body of troops or men formed in close array, or any combination of people distinguished for firmness and solidity of a union.

A Fourierite community; a phalanstery.

One of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode.

A group or bundle of stamens, as in polyadelphous flowers.

FAQs About the word phalanx

phalanx

any of the bones of the fingers or toes, any closely ranked crowd of people, a body of troops in close arrayA body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and f

Band,Battery,Brigade,bunch,cluster,group,grouping,a lot,platoon,posse

individual,single

phalanstery => phalanastery, phalansterism => falansterism, phalansterianism => phalansterianism, phalansterian => phalansterian, phalanstere => Phalanstery,