Definition of "regular army" []

• The permanent standing army of a nation or state. (noun)

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• "In the first place, it was decided that Maryland Steuart, who had recovered from his Cross Keys wound, would be utilized as an old regular army man to take the Virginia–North Carolina brigade of Colston."
• "Thirty-nine regular army infantry battalions from the British Indian army were to be gathered up and formed into the 27th, 28th, and 29th Divisions."
• "Samuel G. French was a West Pointer who served thirteen years in the regular army after graduation in 1843."