PHALANX


Meaning of PHALANX in English

/ ˈfælæŋks; NAmE / noun

( formal ) a group of people or things standing very close together

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 16th cent. (denoting a body of Macedonian infantry): via Latin from Greek .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.