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