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1. actioner, n. View full entry 1825
...A shareholder; = actionary Cf. action9. Obs.rare....
2. adventurism, n. View full entry 1838
...Behaviour characteristic of an adventurer (in various senses); proneness or willingness to take risks, engage in hazardous enterprises, defy convention, or live by one's wits....
3. Afrika Korps, n. View full entry 1941
...(The name of) a unit of the German army established in 1941 under General (later Field Marshal) Rommel (18911944) to support the Italian army in North Africa, subsequently assuming...
4. Air Cav, n. View full entry 1965
...= air cavalry...
5. air gunner, n. View full entry 1916
...A gunner in a military aircraft....
6. air landing, n. View full entry 1919
...An instance of landing an aircraft, (now) esp. to deposit troops, equipment, or supplies....
7. airmobile, adj. View full entry 1933
...That can be transported by air; spec. designating or relating to ground troops moved within a war zone by helicopter....
8. air raid, n. View full entry 1914
...An attack by aircraft, esp. one in which bombs are dropped on to a ground target....
9. air-to-air, adj. View full entry 1939
...Directed from one aircraft to another while both are in flight; carried out between aircraft in flight....
10. air-to-ground, adj. View full entry 1935
...Designating any of various military operations or techniques directed at ground targets from the air; (also) designating such a target, or a missile used in such an operation....
11. air-to-surface, adj. View full entry 1954
...Designating a missile or military operation directed from the air at a target on the ground or sea....
12. airwoman, n. View full entry 1910
...A woman who is engaged in the flying or operation of aircraft, esp. as a pilot or member of an air crew. Also: a female member of the Royal Air Force below...
13. Aldermaston, n. View full entry 1958
...Used attrib. with reference to demonstrations and protest marches to Aldermarston by people opposed to nuclear weapons, as Aldermaston march, Aldermaston marcher....
14. Ally Sloper, n. View full entry 1890
...Used attrib. to designate a person or thing resembling, characteristic of, or relating to Ally Sloper, esp. in appearance or behaviour. Also (occas.): a person resembling Ally Sloper....
15. Amgot, n. View full entry 1943
...The name formed from the initial letters of ‘Allied Military Government of Occupied Territory’, the title of an organization first set up in Sicily during the 193945 war. Abbrev....
16. anti-proliferation, adj. View full entry 1963
...Designating an agreement or other measure intended to limit or halt the proliferation of nuclear weapons....
17. atomized, adj.2 View full entry 1848
...Disunited, dissociated; esp. having lost social unity....
18. ballistician, n. View full entry 1907
...An expert or specialist in the science of ballistics....
19. battle-dress, n. View full entry 1938
...A soldier's normal ‘undress’ khaki uniform, consisting essentially of a tunic and trousers. Also attrib. and transf....
20. Blighty | blighty, n. View full entry 1915
...England, home. (Used by soldiers on foreign service.)...
