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DEFINITION

 

noun

 

1: a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and
    files; broadly : a body of troops in close array
 
2: one of the digital bones of the hand or foot of a vertebrate
 
3a : a massed arrangement of persons, animals, or things
 
  b: an organized body of persons
 
 
 
EXAMPLES
 
 
A solid phalanx of armed guards stood in front of the castle.
 
"In past years Ive spotted Oprah Winfrey, or the specter of her anyway, dressed in
 blazing yellow and surrounded by a phalanx of large, black-suited bodyguards,
 her filtered image shimmering like the sun peeking through a forest of towering
Versace-clad sequois." From an article by Laura Rafaty in the
 Napa Valley Register, June 4, 2013

 

He spoke up after a phalanx of servers lifted five porcelain salvers in unison,

 releasing a floccus of steam from each dish.  New York TimesFeb 28, 2012

 

He was surrounded by a phalanx of television cameras and held court on
any number of subjects as he chatted with supporters.

  

DID YOU KNOW?

 

The original sense of "phalanx" refers to a military formation that was used in ancient warfare and consisted of a

tight block of soldiers standing shoulder to shoulder, several rows deep, often with shields joined. The word

"phalanx" comes from the Greeks, though they were not the only ones who used this formation. The Greek term

literally means "log" and was used for both this line of battle and for a bone in a finger or toe. The word and its

senses passed into Latin and then were adopted into English in the 16th century. These days, a "phalanx" can be

any arranged mass, whether of persons, animals, or things, or a body of people organized in a particular effort.


 

 
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