2syllables
phalanx
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Definitions ofphalanx
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- (plural phalanxes) 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.
- (historical sociology) A Fourierite utopian community; a phalanstery.
- (plural phalanxes) A large group of people, animals or things, compact or closely massed, or tightly knit and united in common purpose.
- (plural phalanges) One of the bones of the finger or toe.
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