dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/arm_MW.json

{
  "Armata":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of Armata taxonomic synonym of echiuroidea"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "New Latin, from Latin, neuter plural of armatus"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00e4r\u02c8m\u00e4t\u0259",
      "-\u0101t\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-004429",
    "type":[]
  },
  "arm":{
    "antonyms":[
      "agency",
      "branch",
      "bureau",
      "department",
      "desk",
      "division",
      "office",
      "service"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a branch or lateral shoot of a plant":[],
      ": a combat branch (as of an army)":[],
      ": a functional division of a group, organization, institution, or activity":[
        "the logistical arm of the air force"
      ],
      ": a group of subjects provided a particular treatment in a clinical trial":[
        "Since this trial did not include a radiation-only treatment arm , it has been questioned whether radiation therapy alone might be as effective as sequential chemotherapy and radiation therapy in preserving the larynx.",
        "\u2014 Everett E. Vokes et al."
      ],
      ": a limb of an invertebrate animal":[],
      ": a narrow extension of a larger area, mass, or group":[],
      ": a slender part of a structure, machine, or an instrument projecting from a main part, axis, or fulcrum":[],
      ": a support (as on a chair) for the elbow and forearm":[],
      ": active hostilities : warfare":[
        "a call to arms"
      ],
      ": an inlet of water (as from the sea)":[],
      ": an organized branch of national defense (such as the navy)":[],
      ": any of the usually two parts of a chromosome lateral to the centromere":[],
      ": aroused and ready to undertake a fight or conflict":[],
      ": heraldic devices adopted by a government":[],
      ": military service":[],
      ": power , might":[
        "the long arm of the law"
      ],
      ": sleeve":[],
      ": something like or corresponding to an arm: such as":[],
      ": the forelimb of a vertebrate":[],
      ": the hereditary heraldic devices of a family":[],
      ": to equip or ready for action or operation":[
        "arm a bomb"
      ],
      ": to furnish or equip with weapons":[],
      ": to furnish with something that strengthens or protects":[
        "arming citizens with the right to vote"
      ],
      ": to prepare oneself for struggle or resistance":[
        "arm for combat"
      ],
      ": with arms linked together":[],
      "Armenian":[],
      "adjustable rate mortgage":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "They armed the men for battle.",
      "The group of fighters was armed by a foreign government.",
      "The two countries have been arming themselves for years, but now they have agreed to disarm.",
      "We armed ourselves with the tools we would need to survive in the forest.",
      "They arm people with accurate information.",
      "arming women with the right to vote",
      "Once the bomb has been armed , we have five minutes to escape."
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2":"Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English armen, borrowed from Anglo-French armer, going back to Latin arm\u0101re, derivative of arma \"implements of war, weapons, equipment\" \u2014 more at arm entry 3":"Verb",
      "Middle English armes (plural), \"weapons, the military profession, heraldic devices,\" borrowed from Anglo-French, plural of arme \"weapon,\" going back to Latin arma (neuter plural) \"implements of war, weapons, equipment,\" derivative, with a suffix *-mo-, from a presumed verbal base *ar-, going back to Indo-European *h 2 er- \"fit, join,\" whence Greek reduplicated aorist \u1e17raron \"(I) fit together, equipped, fit closely\" (from which present tense arar\u00edsk\u014d, arar\u00edskein ), \u00e1rmenos (middle participle) \"fitting, suited to,\" and (with suffixed *-smo- giving initial aspiration":"Noun",
      "Middle English, going back to Old English earm, arm, going back to Germanic *arma-, masculine, (whence also Old Frisian erm \"arm,\" Old Saxon arm, Old High German aram, arm, Old Norse armr, Gothic arms ), going back to Indo-European *h 2 orH-mo-, whence also Old Church Slavic ramo \"shoulder,\" Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian r\u0201me, stem r\u0201men-, Czech r\u00e1m\u011bk ; a parallel zero-grade *h 2 r\u0325H-m\u00f3- gives Old Prussian irmo \"arm,\" Lithuanian (eastern dialects) \u00ecrm\u0117d\u0117 \"pain from gout, chill, fever\" ( irm- \"arm\" + -\u0117d\u0117 \"eating\"), Sanskrit \u012brm\u00e1- \"arm,\" Avestan ar\u0259ma- ; Latin armus \"forequarter (of an animal), shoulder\" probably goes back to *h 2 erH-mo-":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u00e4rm"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "firearm",
      "gun",
      "heat",
      "piece",
      "small arm"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095546",
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "arm bar":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": bar entry 1 sense 11":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-120354",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "arm-twisting":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the use of direct personal pressure in order to achieve a desired end":[
        "for all the arm-twisting , the \u2026 vote on the measure was unexpectedly tight",
        "\u2014 Newsweek"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1924, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u00e4rm-\u02cctwi-sti\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "coercion",
      "compulsion",
      "constraint",
      "duress",
      "force",
      "pressure"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104326",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "arma virumque cano":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": I sing of arms and the man [ Aeneas ]":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u00e4r-m\u0259-vi-\u02c8ru\u0307m-kw\u0101-\u02c8k\u00e4-n\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032757",
    "type":[
      "Latin quotation from Virgil"
    ]
  },
  "armada":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a fleet of warships":[],
      ": a large force or group usually of moving things":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "an armada of fishing boats",
      "an armada of ships sailing up the coast",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Top-tier restaurants, boutiques, galleries and flashy condos now coexist with a wildly popular library, an armada of floating saunas and a sandy beach, frequented by toddlers and swans. \u2014 Deborah Dunn, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
      "And now, as the West sanctions and sweeps up these vessels, Russia\u2019s luxe armada can go to work for the West as roving diplomatic posts or globe-spanning Presidential and Royal yachts. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "News of the outcome spread across Europe, and many learned that the armada had, as expected, won the day and crushed the English fleet. \u2014 Renee Diresta, Wired , 26 Mar. 2021",
      "The formidable Russian tank armada spent much of the last month idling on the highways. \u2014 Vikram Mittal, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "The pilot tipped the wing and far below a dirt airstrip appeared beside a river that frothed at a bend, where a mini armada of bright river rafts nuzzled the shore. \u2014 Christopher Solomon, Travel + Leisure , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "Closing thousands of low-volume post offices would cut energy and land use, and cutting delivery frequency would allow the USPS to reduce its armada of 230,000 trucks. \u2014 Chris Edwards, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Meanwhile, the invincible Blefuscu armada is at the gates of the city and threatening again. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "The Russian Air Force Russia, on the other hand, has a much, much larger aerial armada at its disposal. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 15 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Spanish, \"military force, fleet of warships,\" from armar \"to arm, equip\" (going back to Latin arm\u0101re ) + -ada, suffix of action or result (going back to Vulgar Latin *-\u0101ta, noun derivative from feminine of Latin -\u0101tus, past participle ending of Latin first-conjugation verbs) \u2014 more at arm entry 2":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00e4r-\u02c8m\u00e4-d\u0259",
      "-\u02c8m\u0101-",
      "also -\u02c8ma-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "caravan",
      "cavalcade",
      "fleet",
      "line",
      "motorcade",
      "train"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202530",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "armangite":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a mineral Mn 3 (AsO 3 ) 2 consisting of a manganese arsenite occurring in black rhombohedral crystals":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "ar senite of mang anese + -ite":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00e4r\u02c8man\u02ccg\u012bt",
      "\u02c8\u00e4rm\u0259n\u02ccg\u012bt",
      "-a\u014b\u02cc-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114638",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "armarium":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": ambry":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00e4r\u02c8ma(a)r\u0113\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010902",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "armature":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a framework used by a sculptor to support a figure being modeled in a plastic material":[],
      ": a piece of soft iron or steel that connects the poles of a magnet or of adjacent magnets":[],
      ": a usually rotating part of an electric machine (such as a generator or motor) which consists essentially of coils of wire around a metal core and in which electric current is induced or in which the input current interacts with a magnetic field to produce torque":[],
      ": an organ or structure (such as teeth or thorns) for offense or defense":[],
      ": framework sense 1a":[
        "events that serve as the armature of the book"
      ],
      ": the movable part of an electromagnetic device (such as a loudspeaker)":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the rigid armature of a highly stratified society",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "At the heart of the innovative driver assembly is an all-new dual-diaphragm balanced armature driver from Knowles Corporation. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
      "The architects made similar cuts to the southern end of the building, adding skylights and taking away concrete panels to reveal part of the building\u2019s armature , an X-shaped frame made of steel, making for a remarkable portal into the structure. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "The company makes the incredibly intricate balanced armature drivers that use to be used exclusively in hearing aids but are now being used more widely in higher-end earphones. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "The balanced armature works in tandem with a 7.2mm dynamic driver that takes care of the lower frequencies. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "The Sirius Pro Earbuds from GravaStar use Knowles balanced armature drivers. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "Rust chewed away at the steel armature around which the blocks had been assembled. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "Hundreds of volunteers helped build Conny, mixing cement by hand and slapping it on an armature made of wood and chicken wire. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, courant.com , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "His wife is Masha, a psychiatrist who functions as the Spanx of the family: a soft but unyielding armature holding them all together. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1653, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, \"armor, armed force,\" borrowed from Latin arm\u0101t\u016bra \"armament, troop\" (Medieval Latin, \"suit of armor, defensive equipment of an animal\"), from arm\u0101tus, past participle of arm\u0101re \"to arm entry 2 , equip\" + -\u016bra -ure":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02cctu\u0307r",
      "-ch\u0259r",
      "\u02c8\u00e4r-m\u0259-\u02ccchu\u0307r",
      "\u02c8\u00e4r-m\u0259-ch\u0259r",
      "-\u02cctyu\u0307r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "architecture",
      "cadre",
      "configuration",
      "edifice",
      "fabric",
      "frame",
      "framework",
      "framing",
      "infrastructure",
      "shell",
      "skeleton",
      "structure"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022515",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "armature reaction":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a magnetomotive force set up by the current induced in the armature of a dynamo that results in altering as to both magnitude and direction the flux due to the field magnet":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185451",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "armband":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Hazel is pretty perfectly and pristinely adapted from the comic to the screen\u2014but whatever is going on with that armband didn't quite back it to Netflix. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 8 June 2022",
      "Tatum \u2014 wearing a purple-and-gold armband bearing the number 24 of Los Angeles Lakers Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant, his favorite player \u2014 had lost two East finals in his young career. \u2014 Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune , 30 May 2022",
      "Then Tatum took the court wearing a purple armband , in honor of Bryant, and tried his best to emulate him. \u2014 Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com , 30 May 2022",
      "The cloth used to bind the man's hands appeared to be a white armband . \u2014 Byreuters, ABC News , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Ezekiel shed his armband fringes for this match, so maybe he\u2019ll be taken more seriously",
      "After dinner Perovskyi hugs his mother and father goodbye, puts on a jacket with a green tape armband signifying military affiliation and walks to his overnight job as a volunteer military medic in Kyiv. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Ten Hag would be able to argue that the captain\u2019s armband still demonstrates his value to the club. \u2014 Graham Ruthven, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
      "The catcher wears an armband with buttons that correspond to pitch type and location. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1738, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "arm entry 1 + band entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u00e4rm-\u02ccband"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164847",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "armed forces":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the combined military, naval, and air forces of a nation":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The ceremony paid tribute to the monarch, who is head of the armed forces in Scotland, and celebrated her Platinum Jubilee. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 30 June 2022",
      "As part of the 2016 peace agreement, a special Peace Tribunal is tasked with investigating and sentencing armed actors from both the armed forces and the guerrillas. \u2014 Stefano Pozzebon, CNN , 28 June 2022",
      "Natalia Humenuk, a spokeswoman for the armed forces in southern Ukraine, said that Russia had fired on Mykolaiv using the same Soviet-era anti-ship missiles that had struck the shopping mall. \u2014 New York Times , 28 June 2022",
      "The Guard operates its own military infrastructure parallel to Iran\u2019s regular armed forces . \u2014 Nasser Karimi And Isabel Debre, USA TODAY , 26 June 2022",
      "The primary definition of a mercenary under international law is someone fighting primarily for financial gain who is paid substantially more than local armed forces . \u2014 Maham Javaid, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
      "Army officials countered that McCarthy had sought preferential treatment for an aide recently drafted into the armed forces . \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 9 June 2022",
      "Ukrainian civilians have come up with one of the most creative (and maybe a bit macabre) ways of raising money for their country\u2019s armed forces . \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 17 June 2022",
      "Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin also said his country\u2019s armed forces are willing to ensure the safety of ships carrying grain out of Ukraine. \u2014 Amy Cheng, Washington Post , 3 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1625, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "colors",
      "military",
      "service",
      "troops"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022742",
    "type":[
      "noun plural",
      "plural noun"
    ]
  },
  "armor":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a protective outer layer (as of a ship, a plant or animal, or a cable)":[],
      ": a quality or circumstance that affords protection":[
        "the armor of prosperity"
      ],
      ": armored forces and vehicles (such as tanks)":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The officers are required to wear bulletproof body armor .",
      "The shots penetrated the tank's armor .",
      "The armadillo's armor consists of a series of small, bony plates.",
      "a weapon designed for use against enemy armor",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "On May 26, the Palestinian Authority said that its investigation, which included the autopsy and a forensic examination of the bullet, found that Israeli soldiers had killed Ms. Abu Akleh with an armor -piercing bullet. \u2014 New York Times , 20 June 2022",
      "As previously reported, the show follows Marvel character Riri Williams (Thorne), a genius inventor and the creator of the most advanced suit of armor since Iron Man. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 15 June 2022",
      "The sale of body armor will now only be available to people in certain professions, such as law enforcement. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 7 June 2022",
      "He was saved by Palpatine and given new prosthetic limbs, as well as a dark suit of armor that helps keep him alive. \u2014 Tracy Brownstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
      "The package also includes nearly 200 pieces of body armor , including tactical vests and shields, which have been donated by the Maryland State Police. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 10 May 2022",
      "Both sides have drawn lessons from Russia\u2019s failed advance in late February on Kyiv, where a 40-mile-long convoy of Russian armor was smashed by stealthy Ukrainian anti-tank teams and precise artillery and drone strikes. \u2014 Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor , 4 May 2022",
      "Drone footage released by Ukrainian volunteers working with the military on Monday showed a series of precision strikes on a large grouping of Russian armor south of Izyum. \u2014 Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
      "At that range, an MT-12 can penetrate 400 millimeters of armor \u2014enough to destroy an infantry fighting vehicle and, from certain angles, disable or destroy a tank. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 1 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English armure, armoure \"arms, body armor,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & continental Old French, going back to Latin arm\u0101t\u016bra \"armament, troop\" (Medieval Latin, \"suit of armor\") \u2014 more at armature":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u00e4r-m\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "aegis",
      "egis",
      "ammunition",
      "buckler",
      "cover",
      "defense",
      "guard",
      "protection",
      "safeguard",
      "screen",
      "security",
      "shield",
      "wall",
      "ward"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164423",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ]
  },
  "armure":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a pebbly-surfaced fabric made from various fibers or combinations of fibers and used for clothing and interior decoration, the usual armure pattern being an allover one of small conventional motifs floated on a twilled or rep ground":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, literally, armor":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u00e4r\u02ccmyu\u0307(\u0259)r",
      "-my\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111855",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "army":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a body of persons organized to advance a cause":[],
      ": a great multitude":[
        "an army of birds"
      ],
      ": a large organized body of armed personnel trained for war especially on land":[],
      ": a unit capable of independent action and consisting usually of a headquarters, two or more corps, and auxiliary troops":[],
      ": the complete military organization of a nation for land warfare":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the armies of Alexander the Great",
      "He left home and joined the army after he graduated from high school.",
      "The company employs an army of lawyers to handle its legal affairs.",
      "They sent in a whole army of trained technicians.",
      "The organization was founded by a dedicated army of volunteers.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Instead, hundreds of thousands enlisted to fight the Russians, deluging recruiters from the army and the territorial defense force to the degree that many initially had to be turned away. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
      "Buzz and his crew, which includes emotional support robot kitten Sox, are trying to find a way home when the villainous Zurg (James Brolin) and his army of robots arrive to take over the planet. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 19 June 2022",
      "The powerful antitank weapons have come to symbolize U.S. involvement in Ukraine and the race to equip its army for the devastating fight that has unfolded. \u2014 Alex Horton, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
      "Just this weekend at Unicef Soccer Aid in London, Robbie Williams was keen to know who\u2019d made my army green cashmere/linen/silk BC suit. \u2014 Tom Stubbs, Vogue , 14 June 2022",
      "But when a new threat emerges in the form of an alien spaceship captained by mega-robot Zurg (James Brolin) and his army of Zyclops automatons, Buzz is forced to go rogue. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 June 2022",
      "Zelenskyy said his army 's ability to hold off Russian forces in the Donbas depends on the supply of Western weapons. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 11 June 2022",
      "Upon hearing their own army 's aircraft overhead, the soldiers urged everyone to flee, fearing an attack. \u2014 CNN , 8 June 2022",
      "Their users\u2019 pages were plastered with insults from an army of trolls. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1522, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English armee, armye \"host of armed men, naval fleet, military expedition,\" borrowed from Anglo-French arm\u00e9, armee, from armer \"to arm entry 2 \" + -ee, suffix of action or result (going back to Vulgar Latin *-\u0101ta, noun derivative from feminine of Latin -\u0101tus, past participle ending of Latin first-conjugation verbs)":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u00e4r-m\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "array",
      "battalion",
      "host",
      "legion"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035902",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "arm wrestling":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a form of wrestling in which two opponents sit face to face gripping usually their right hands, set corresponding elbows firmly on a surface (such as a tabletop), and attempt to force each other's arm down":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Another popular event with the kids was arm wrestling . \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 4 July 2022",
      "Trump either greeting or arm wrestling a dog-sized frog. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "The older man was punched in the face by an unidentified male after the two had argued over arm wrestling . \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 26 Nov. 2021",
      "Once everyone is feeling good and nauseated, producers make the men face off in the Norse Battle of Arms (a.k.a. arm wrestling ). \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 17 Nov. 2021",
      "Next came demonstrations of physical strength in the form of arm wrestling . \u2014 Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com , 16 Nov. 2021",
      "Met up with my friends and somehow ended in dancing on boats, arm wrestling , & Mcflurries. \u2014 Nathalie Kirby, House Beautiful , 30 June 2021",
      "These organizations are all over the country, these women's arm wrestling organizations, and one of the writers actually is involved in one in the D.C. area and that was the inspiration for the movie. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 4 May 2021",
      "From arm wrestling to humorous moments between parents and child, there's no shortage of laughs on the Drummond family ranch. \u2014 Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living , 12 May 2020"
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      "1899, in the meaning defined above":""
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      ": of, relating to, or bearing heraldic arms":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The armorial engraving is the insignia of The Worshipful Company of Masons, one of the ancient livery companies of London. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 Mar. 2021",
      "Your vase was made in France, and the armorial decoration is inspired by the Chinese export wares which were very popular in England and Europe throughout the 18th and early 19th centuries. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 Dec. 2020",
      "The action unfurls in a quaint medieval town square garlanded with flowers and armorial pennants, (modified for the Gala), where Harlequin woos Columbine, and in a Beaux Arts ballroom conservatory where the action continues in the second act. \u2014 Hamish Bowles, Vogue , 24 May 2018"
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      "armory \"heraldry, heraldic arms\" (borrowed from Anglo-French & continental Middle French armoierie, from Middle French armoier \"to bear arms, emblazon\" + -erie -ery ) + -al entry 1 ; armoier from armes \"arms, weapons, heraldic devices\" (plural of arme, going back to Latin arma \"implements of war, weapons\") + -oier, factitive verb suffix, going back to Latin -idi\u0101re, originally representing variant pronunciation (or spelling variant) of -iz\u0101re -ize \u2014 more at arm entry 3":""
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      "1572, in the meaning defined above":""
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      ": any of a subfamily (Dorylinae) of aggressive nomadic tropical ants that prey on insects and spiders":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Or army ants that span gaps on the forest floor by linking their own bodies into bridges. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 6 July 2017",
      "The fact that army ants don\u2019t always build the distance-minimizing bridge suggests there\u2019s some other factor in their unconscious calculation. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 26 Feb. 2018",
      "But once in close range, the target is easy to spot: Huge swaths of army ants in search of food for their voracious young sometimes cover the length and almost half the width of a football field. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 9 Apr. 2014",
      "An individual army ant is practically blind and has a minuscule brain that couldn\u2019t begin to fathom their elaborate collective movement. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 26 Feb. 2018",
      "Instead, this tiny beetle -- only 1.5 millimeters long -- lives alongside a species of nomadic army ant . \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 23 May 2018",
      "It's named for Daniel Kronauer, a field biologist who studies army ants and discovered the species. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 23 May 2018",
      "Nymphister kronaueri Anterior view of Nymphister kronaueri attached to an Eciton mexicanum army ant worker Image credit: \u00a9 D. Kronauer. \u2014 Sarah Gray, Fortune , 23 May 2018",
      "The recent study grew out of experiments conducted with army ants in the Panamanian jungle in 2014. \u2014 Kevin Hartnett, Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2018"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1863, in the meaning defined above":""
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      ": temporary stopping of open acts of warfare by agreement between the opponents : truce":[]
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      "both sides in the conflict agreed to an armistice during the solemn holy days",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Even so, sooner or later, the war will end in a cease-fire or armistice . \u2014 Stephen Fidler, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
      "The Korean War ended in a stalemate and an armistice that was meant to be temporary. \u2014 E. Tammy Kim, The New York Review of Books , 11 May 2022",
      "The fighting continued for months before the United Nations brokered an armistice agreement between Israel and its Arab neighbors. \u2014 Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "In the armistice agreement that ended the French-German conflict, the French acquiesced to a division of their nation, roughly west to east along the Loire Valley at the center of the country. \u2014 Ronald C. Rosbottom, WSJ , 15 Oct. 2021",
      "Sustained fighting in the Korean War ended with an armistice agreement in 1953, but the two Koreas remain technically at war. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Oct. 2021",
      "In 1943, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio signed an armistice aboard the British ship HMS Nelson off Malta. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 Sep. 2021",
      "An armistice agreement was reached in 1949, with the territory now known as the West Bank coming under Jordanian rule, while the Gaza Strip fell under Egyptian control. \u2014 Breeanna Hare, CNN , 18 July 2021",
      "North and South Korea have remained technically at war even after the Korean War ended in 1953 in an armistice but without a peace treaty. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Oct. 2021"
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      "borrowed from New Latin armistitium, from Latin arma \"implements of war, weapons\" + -stit-, -stes (going back to *-sta-t-s, root noun derivative from Indo-European *steh 2 - the base of Latin sistere \"to make stand, halt, bring to a standstill,\" st\u0101re \"to stand\") + -ium, suffix of compounded nouns \u2014 more at arm entry 3 , stand entry 1":""
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      "1677, in the meaning defined above":""
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      ": a young attractive person who accompanies a usually older person at social events":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Kim Kardashian\u2019s arm candy hosts this stand-up showcase. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 12 June 2022",
      "Kim Kardashian\u2019s arm candy hosts this stand-up showcase. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 12 June 2022",
      "Kim Kardashian\u2019s arm candy hosts this stand-up showcase. \u2014 Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
      "Up your arm candy game with this chic and spring-appropriate bracelet that's available in three more just as fun designs. \u2014 Bianca Rodriguez, Harper's BAZAAR , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Also not too long ago, the success of a designer bag hinged heavily on expensive advertising supplemented by images of the hottest celebrity carrying the latest arm candy . \u2014 Bianca Salonga, Forbes , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "The show is adapted from the 1990 Julia Roberts/ Richard Gere movie about a call girl whose life changes when a wealthy man hires her to be arm candy for a few days. \u2014 Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "Meanwhile, Elle Macpherson plays the beard-iest Batman love interest, arm candy for parties who barely knows her one-year boyfriend. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "Seeing a tiny blonde heroine \u2014 the type who'd normally make shrieking baddie fodder or vacuous on-screen arm candy \u2014 cast as a hero meant everything to kids who already sensed they too were destined to be underestimated. \u2014 Holly Thomas, CNN , 22 Jan. 2022"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1992, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-055005"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a late and perfected medieval helmet of many light parts closing neatly round the head by means of hinges following the contour of chin and neck":[]
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      "\u02c8\u00e4rm\u0259\u0307t"
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      "Middle French, modification (influenced by arme arm, weapon) of Old Spanish almete , from Old French helmet":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-061219"
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    "definitions":{
      ": as much as the arm or arms can hold":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Ming asks her daughter, euphemistically referring to the onset of puberty, and offering an armful of feminine hygiene products. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Then spend the rest of the afternoon [in Niantic] at the Book Barn, which is really a group of buildings, play chess on the big outdoor table, pet the animals, and go home with an armful of wonderful used books. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
      "Yet another ran from the store with an armful of shoes and clothing. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Nov. 2021",
      "And no one needs a movie that leaves them with an armful of air. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "Wander the city block-sized shop, snap a selfie of the iconic sign, and turn your reading list into an armful of books. \u2014 Laura Studarus, Marie Claire , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "In the scene Forster was rehearsing that day at the Ballet Theater studios, Albrecht, wracked with guilt, is walking to her grave, in the dark of night, clutching an armful of lilies. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Oct. 2021",
      "One day, Thompson-Gaines opened her front door to find a woman standing on her porch with an armful of clothes. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Sep. 2021",
      "In five relief sculptures by Oskar Hansen, muscular men are shown gripping a boat\u2019s wheel, harvesting an armful of wheat, standing beside cascading water and lifting a heavy weight overhead. \u2014 Sophia Eppolito, The Arizona Republic , 7 Aug. 2021"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-061934"
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        "Satchmo \\ \u02c8sach-\u200b\u02ccm\u014d \\"
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      "Neil Alden 1930\u20132012 American astronaut":[],
      "William George 1810\u20131900 Baron Armstrong of Cragside English inventor and industrialist":[]
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      "\u02c8\u00e4rm-\u02ccstr\u022f\u014b"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-073851"
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      ": arms taken by a stranger in blood in compliance with the will of a testator":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-082628"
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      "noun"
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      ": a chair with armrests":[],
      ": remote from direct dealing with problems : theoretical rather than practical":[
        "armchair strategists"
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      ": sharing vicariously in another's experiences":[
        "an armchair traveler"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u00e4rm-\u02cccher"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The Hedonist\u2019s Guide can raptly take you on a joyful armchair traveler\u2019s journey. \u2014 Laura Manske, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
      "Softer, cozier and simply more interesting than leather, both to look at and touch, these fabrics turn the seats into your favorite armchair , while their production is kinder to the environment than leather, producing 75 percent less CO2. \u2014 Alistair Charlton, Forbes , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "But, the most recognizable piece of decor in Blue\u2019s Clues is, of course, the Thinking Chair\u2014a red velvet armchair that\u2019s trimmed in black and swathed in a swirly pattern all over. \u2014 Mary Elizabeth Andriotis, House Beautiful , 10 Feb. 2021",
      "Examples of the latter include a puffy Italian leather armchair in the entry hall and the puddle-shaped oak cocktail table in the sitting room. \u2014 Ian Phillips, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
      "Back at the house, Perdomo\u2019s younger sister, Yanira, was curled up in a threadbare armchair , scrolling through social media and keeping an eye on her 4-year-old niece. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 May 2022",
      "At the Princeton colloquium, in Stevenson Hall, Abbey sat in a large upholstered armchair , his long legs stretched out, his look dark and handsome, his cowboy boots showing wear. \u2014 John Mcphee, The New Yorker , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "The day before, Price sat in a white leather armchair , wearing a Pucci top and low-heeled sparkly silver shoes, for the narration of the film. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "In the shot, Lewellen sits in an armchair , her fluffy white fur tied up into a Whoville-style ponytail on top of her head. \u2014 Hattie Lindert, PEOPLE.com , 16 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "There is an army of armchair retail traders hell-bent on chasing the entire electric vehicle supply chain. \u2014 Moneyshow, Forbes , 19 Mar. 2021",
      "The event became a watershed for armchair social media sleuthing. \u2014 Ezra Marcus New York Times, Star Tribune , 15 Mar. 2021",
      "While a travel advisory is still in effect due to COVID-19, perhaps now is the time for an armchair trip to Alaska based on a 1929 letter sent to The Carroll Record. \u2014 Mary Ann Ashcraft, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 12 Mar. 2021",
      "January 1 Kick off the New Year with an armchair trip to Austria, where the Vienna Philharmonic will present its annual New Year\u2019s Day concert in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein for the first time without an audience. \u2014 Ariana Marsh, Harper's BAZAAR , 1 Jan. 2021",
      "The New York Times picked up the story and put it on the front page \u2013 an indication of how armchair analysis could be as telling as dispatches from the ground. \u2014 Carolyn Wells, Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020",
      "Marsha Music has started calling herself an armchair revolutionary. \u2014 Nancy Kaffer, Detroit Free Press , 7 June 2020",
      "With billions of people grounded because of the coronavirus pandemic, armchair travel has never been more important, especially for parents hoping to capture their kids\u2019 attention and imagination. \u2014 Sarah Firshein, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 9 Apr. 2020",
      "Two weeks ago, national and world health authorities\u2014and armchair experts and worried well-meaning people\u2014were warning anyone concerned about Covid-19 to avoid ibuprofen. \u2014 Maryn Mckenna, Wired , 26 Mar. 2020"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1585, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1809, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-110345"
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    "type":[
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-120036"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-134034"
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      ": a long, slender melon that has a curved or sinuous shape and a thin, typically light green skin and that resembles a cucumber in texture and flavor but is technically a variety ( Cucumis melo flexuosus ) of the muskmelon":[
        "Long, light-green and curving Armenian cucumbers come with a pleasing aroma and a mild, almost sweet flavor\u2014they technically are a ribbed melon, but have a hint of cucumber flavor.",
        "\u2014 Contra Costa Times (California) , 4 July 2007"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1961, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "definitions":{
      ": a strong brown that is yellower and stronger than average russet, stronger and slightly yellower and lighter than average copper brown, and yellower and deeper than rust":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-153301"
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    "definitions":{
      ": any of a family (Diaspididae) of scale insects having a firm covering of wax best developed in the female":[]
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Unattractive bumps on the branches and stems of an olive are most likely the result of a bacterial disease called olive knot, though armored scale insects might also be to blame. \u2014 oregonlive , 11 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1881, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-153551"
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      "adjective"
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    "definitions":{
      ": powerful in arms : mighty in battle":[]
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      "(\u02c8)\u00e4r\u00a6mip\u0259t\u0259nt"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Latin armipotent-, armipotens , from arma arms + potent-, potens powerful":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-154103"
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      "The sword was made by a master armorer .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Portantino\u2019s bill would have allowed guns with blank ammunition on set, but only under the supervision of an armorer who has completed a state gun safety course. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 23 May 2022",
      "As her time as an armorer ran out, Gutierrez Reed warned a manager and was rebuffed. \u2014 CBS News , 12 May 2022",
      "Rust Movie Productions also challenged accusations that armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was spread too thin. \u2014 Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 May 2022",
      "No charges have yet been filed in the case, though local authorities have been scrutinizing the actions of Baldwin, as well as assistant director Dave Halls and armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The studio and union bills each include provisions for armorer certification, which is not currently required. \u2014 Gene Maddaus, Variety , 20 May 2022",
      "In particular, the report indicates that the young armorer on the set, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, was not given the chance to perform her job. \u2014 Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "The film\u2019s armorer denied that the incident occurred. \u2014 Meg James, Los Angeles Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "As her time as an armorer ran out, Gutierrez Reed warned a manager and was rebuffed. \u2014 CBS News , 12 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English armurer, armerer, borrowed from Anglo-French armurer, armorer, from armure armor + -er -er entry 2":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185703"
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      ": a light brown that is darker and slightly yellower than blush and redder and darker than cork":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-210228"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214753"
  },
  "Arminius":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "18 b.c. ":[
        "Hermann \\ \u02c8her-\u200b\u02ccm\u00e4n \\"
      ],
      "German hero":[
        "Hermann \\ \u02c8her-\u200b\u02ccm\u00e4n \\"
      ],
      "Jacobus 1560\u20131609":[
        "Jacob Harmensen \\ \u02c8h\u00e4r-\u200bm\u0259n-\u200bs\u0259n \\",
        "Hermansz \\ \u02c8her-\u200b\u02ccm\u00e4n(t)s \\"
      ],
      "or":[
        "Jacob Harmensen \\ \u02c8h\u00e4r-\u200bm\u0259n-\u200bs\u0259n \\",
        "Hermansz \\ \u02c8her-\u200b\u02ccm\u00e4n(t)s \\"
      ],
      "Dutch theologian":[
        "Jacob Harmensen \\ \u02c8h\u00e4r-\u200bm\u0259n-\u200bs\u0259n \\",
        "Hermansz \\ \u02c8her-\u200b\u02ccm\u00e4n(t)s \\"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00e4r-\u02c8mi-n\u0113-\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214852"
  },
  "Arminian Baptist":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": general baptist":[],
      ": a Baptist holding Arminian doctrinal principles":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-215954"
  },
  "armes parlantes":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": punning arms : canting arms":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0227rm\u0259p\u0227rl\u00e4\u207ft"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, literally, speaking arms":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231208"
  },
  "armd":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "armored":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-002937"
  },
  "Armageddon":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the site or time of a final and conclusive battle between the forces of good and evil":[],
      ": the battle taking place at Armageddon":[],
      ": a usually vast decisive conflict or confrontation":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cc\u00e4r-m\u0259-\u02c8ge-d\u1d4an"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "the threat of nuclear Armageddon"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek Armagedd\u014dn, Harmaged\u014dn , scene of the battle foretold in Revelation 16:14\u201316":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020758"
  }
}