Definition of phalanx Phalanx
/fejˈlæŋks/ - [feylangks] - phal•anx
We found 18 definitions of phalanx from 8 different sources.
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What does phalanx mean?
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NounPlural: phalanxes |
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| phalanx - any of the bones of the fingers or toes | ||
| bone, os a shade of white the color of bleached bones | ||
| dactyl, digit a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables | ||
| phalanx - a body of troops in close array | ||
| military force, military group, military unit, force a unit that is part of some military service; "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men" | ||
| phalanx - any closely ranked crowd of people | ||
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Wiktionary 
- phalanx (Noun)
A large group of people, animals or things, compact or closely massed, or tightly knit and united in common purpose. - phalanx (Noun)
One of the bones of the finger or toe. - phalanx (Noun)
An ancient Greek and Macedonian military unit that consisted of several ranks and files lines of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears. - phalanx (Noun)
A Fourierite utopian community; a phalanstery.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- phalanx (n.)
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. - phalanx (n.)
Any body of troops or men formed in close array, or any combination of people distinguished for firmness and solidity of a union. - phalanx (n.)
A Fourierite community; a phalanstery. - phalanx (n.)
One of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode. - phalanx (n.)
A group or bundle of stamens, as in polyadelphous flowers.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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phalanx
One of the bones of the finger. -
phalanx
One of the bones of the toe.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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phalanx
fal′angks, or fā′-, n. a line of battle: a square battalion of heavy-armed infantry drawn up in ranks and files close and deep: any compact body of men: one of the small bones of the fingers and toes:—pl. Phalan′ges, or Phal′anxes. [L.,—Gr. phalangks.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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phalanx
An ancient Macedonian legion of varying numbers, formed into a square compact body of pikemen with their shields joined.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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phalanx
The ancient Greek formation for heavy infantry, which won for itself a reputation of invincibility. It may be described as a line of parallel columns, rendered by its depth and solidity capable of penetrating any line of troops. The oldest phalanx was the Lacedæmonian, or Spartan, in which the soldiers stood 8 deep, but this was reduced to 4 men by Miltiades, in order to increase his front at the battle of Marathon, 480 B.C. The Macedonian phalanx, as the latest form that organization assumed, and as the shape in which the phalanx encountered the military skill of the West, is deserving of description. The line was 16 deep: a grand-phalanx comprising 16,384 men, composed of four phalanxes or divisions, each under a general officer, called a phalangarch; his command was divided into two brigades, or merarchies, each of these comprising two regiments, or chiliarches, of four battalions, or syntagmata, each, and each syntagma of 16 men each way, making a perfect square. The Roman legion was far superior to the phalanx.
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