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Meanings of military division in English

Russian
дивизия
Portuguese
divisão
Spanish
division
Catalan
divisió
Wikidata

Military unit size designation.

Related terms
дивизия
Russian
вид вооружённых сил
Spanish
rama militar
Catalan
branca militar

Subdivision of the national armed forces of a sovereign nation or state.

вид вооружённых сил
Usage of military division in English
1
Wasn't this ramshackle conglomeration of incompetents supposed to be a military division?
The sherlockian
2
General Sherman was left in command of the military division of the Mississippi.
A School History of the United States
3
A state of siege is decreed throughout the first military division.
Napoleon the Little
4
To this middle military division the Sixth corps was temporarily assigned.
Three Years in the Sixth Corps / A Concise Narrative of Events i...
5
The Philippine Archipelago is a military division under the supreme command of a Maj.-General.
The Philippine Islands / A Political, Geographical, Ethnographic...
6
So he appointed him governor of the 8th military division.
The Memoirs of General Baron de Marbot
7
Wilson belonged to the military division commanded by Sherman, and of course was bound by his terms.
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant — Volume 2
8
At last, one morning he resolved to go over to the military division and sign his engagement.
A Woodland Queen ('Reine des Bois') — Volume 3
9
And where is the 17th military division?
The Companions of Jehu
10
Kearney, commanding the third military division.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and Cali...
11
Kearny, commanding the third military division.
The Lake of the Sky / Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of Californ...
12
Genoa, which formerly prided herself in her surname, the Superb, became the chief station of the twenty-seventh military division.
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 08
13
I give Hortense five hundred thousand francs, and I appoint Duroc to the command of the eighth military division.
Queen Hortense: A Life Picture of the Napoleonic Era
14
Should Austria dare to arm, I shall, before next Christmas, make Vienna the headquarters of a fiftieth military division.
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon
15
Never shall any military division occupy the soil of a free people, unless called for by your lawful magistrate.
Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazi...
16
I wish that citizen Royer be sent to the 16th military division, to examine into the accounts of the paymaster.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Translations for military division
Portuguese
divisão
Military division across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
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