military uniform
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmilitaryanduniform
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military
adjective
uk/ˈmɪl.ɪ.tər.i/us/ˈmɪl.ə.ter.i/
relating to or belonging to the ...
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uniform
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈjuː.nɪ.fɔːm/us/ˈjuː.nə.fɔːrm/
a particular set of clothes that has to be worn by the members of the same organization or group ...
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(Definition ofmilitaryanduniformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Whether in amilitaryuniformor not, whether a bureaucrat in an oppressive regime, whether a gatekeeper in a managed care organization, the doctor is the patient's last safeguard.
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If it is not a military organisation, why are they being kept inmilitaryuniform?
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Men and women may be wearingmilitaryuniformyet actually be engaged as typists.
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It was doing its rounds and inside was a gentleman inmilitaryuniform.
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It is said that it is impossible to define what is amilitaryuniform.
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That man was convicted, not of the offence of publishing that most untrue statement, but because he was wearing amilitaryuniformwhich he was not entitled to wear.
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Naval officers had to adoptmilitaryuniformand take military titles.
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There are fifteen people there inmilitaryuniformwho have taken over one end of the coffee bar and are holding some kind of meeting there.
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To hear people talk, you would think that every man who wore amilitaryuniformwas sacrosanct.
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Is it not also a fact that if they receive the medal, they wear it on suits—on mufti—and not on amilitaryuniform?
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For many who remain in this country civil employment may be found and for these the wearing ofmilitaryuniformwill cease.
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The wearing ofmilitaryuniformby cadet corps will not be allowed after the camps arranged for this year.
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Since the bulldozers moved in it has become impossible to move around the field without treading on fragments of human bones and remains, shreds ofmilitaryuniformand military equipment.
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The proper reference should be, not that the soldiers were in trouble, but that citizens were disgracingmilitaryuniform.
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We have seen illustrations of him photographed inmilitaryuniformfor the first time for many years.
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During a time of conflict, it would be an easy matter for those people to donmilitaryuniform.
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He asked to be buried in hismilitaryuniformand died shortly afterwards.
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