Word Meaning

Meaning of "phalanx" and the crossword clue

- Body of troops
- Body of troops in close formation
- A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men.
- Any body of troops or men formed in close array, or any combination of people distinguished for firmness and solidity of a union.
- A Fourierite community; a phalanstery.
- One of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode.
- A group or bundle of stamens, as in polyadelphous flowers.