1. (n.) A body of foot soldiers and cavalry consisting of different numbers at different periods, -- from about four thousand to about six thousand men, -- the cavalry being about one tenth.
2. (n.) A military force; an army; military bands.
3. (n.) A great number; a multitude.
4. (n.) A group of orders inferior to a class.
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