service militaire

Definitions of service militaire
  1. noun
    land tenure by service in the lord's army
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    type of:
    service
    (law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him
  2. noun
    compulsory military service
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    type of:
    mobilisation
    act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops"
  3. noun
    a force that is a branch of the armed forces
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    types:
    armée, armée de métier
    a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
    forces maritimes, forces navales
    an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare
    armée de l'air
    the airborne branch of a country's armed forces
    type of:
    personnel
    group of people willing to obey orders
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