MILITARY RESERVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does military reserve mean? 

• MILITARY RESERVE (noun)
  The noun MILITARY RESERVE has 1 sense:

1. armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency

  Familiarity information: MILITARY RESERVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MILITARY RESERVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

military reserve; reserve

Hypernyms ("military reserve" is a kind of...):

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Meronyms (members of "military reserve"):

reservist (a member of a military reserve)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)