falanx — meaning in English
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English meaning
- phalanx noun A tight military formation of soldiers standing shoulder to shoulder with shields and spears, used in ancient Greece.
Senses
falanx is used for these senses in English:
- phalanx (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.
phalanx — full definition
- noun A tight military formation of soldiers standing shoulder to shoulder with shields and spears, used in ancient Greece.
- noun A large, tightly packed group of people or things acting together.
- noun One of the small bones that make up a finger or toe.