standing army

English

Noun

standing army (plural standing armies)

A professional permanent army composed of full-time career soldiers, and not disbanded during times of peace.

Translations

professional permanent army

Chinese:
Mandarin: 常備軍／常备军 (zh) (chángbèijūn)
Dutch: staand leger n
German: stehendes Heer (de) n
Italian: esercito permanente m
Maltese: dejma f
Romanian: armată permanentă (ro) f

Further reading

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