Phalanx

[Pha·lanx]

A phalanx is a tightly knit group of people or things, like an army troop or a bunch of fans of the same band.

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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.

Noun
any of the bones (or phalanges) of the fingers or toes

Noun
a body of troops in close array

Noun
any closely ranked crowd of people


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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.

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

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A Fourierite community; a phalanstery.

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

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


Phalanx

Pha"lanx , n.; pl. Phalanxes , L. Phalanges . [L., from Gr. .] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) 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. "In cubic phalanx firm advanced." Milton.
The Grecian phalanx, moveless as a tower.
2. Any body of troops or men formed in close array, or any combination of people distinguished for firmness and solidity of a union.
At present they formed a united phalanx.
The sheep recumbent, and the sheep that grazed, All huddling into phalanx, stood and gazed.
3. A Fourierite community; a phalanstery. 4. (Anat.) One of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode. 5. [pl. Phalanges.] (Bot.) A group or bundle of stamens, as in polyadelphous flowers.

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.

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