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Definition of phalanx noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

phalanx

noun
 
/ˈfælæŋks/
 
/ˈfeɪlæŋks/
(formal)
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  1. (plural phalanxes)
     a group of people or things standing very close together
    • The protesters ran into a solid phalanx of riot police.
  2. (plural phalanges
     
    /fəˈlændʒiz/
     
    /fəˈlændʒiz/
    )
     (anatomy) a bone of the finger or toe
    3. Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting a body of Macedonian infantry): via Latin from Greek.
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