[ 'falan(d)ʒ ]
■ noun
1》 Anatomy another term for phalanx (in sense 3).
2》 ( Phalange ) a right-wing Maronite party in Lebanon.
Derivatives
Phalangist noun & adjective
Origin
C19: back-form. from ~s , plural of phalanx . Sense 2 is an abbrev. of Fr. Phalanges Libanaises 'Lebanese phalanxes'.