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armied

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Etymology

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From army +‎ -ed.

Adjective

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armied (not comparable)

  1. (in combination, rare) Having the specified number of armies.
    • 1889, Edward W. Hopkins, The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanscrit Epic, page 208:
      But the attempt of the seven-armied Pāndus to enclose the eleven-armied Kurus seems ludicrous.
    • 1908, The Chess Amateur, volume 2, page 262:
      [] the four-armied form of Chess was the original and much more ancient than the two-armied []

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