flying army

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English

Noun

flying army (plural flying armies)

  1. (archaic, military) A body of cavalry and infantry, kept in motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy in continual alarm.
    • 1749, William Duff, A New and Full, Critical, Biographical, and Geographical History of Scotland:
      a plain demonstration of cowardice in their opposing his late measure of entering England, and pursuing the flying army of the English

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