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“army”

18 fragments across 12 traditions carry this sense. They split 9 to 9 between opening and closing a name, which means it sits comfortably at either end.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They cluster in 3 families, most of them real world. No single tradition hoards it: the deepest, Knight, has 3.

Knight


People

Har initial · Her initial · ier final

  • Harmund

    Har army + mund protection

    army protection

  • Harhard

    Har army + hard hardy

    army hardy

  • Harland

    Har army + land territory

    army territory

  • Herger

    Her army + ger spear

    army spear

  • Herbern

    Her army + bern bear

    army bear

  • Heraud

    Her army + aud rule

    army rule

  • Ramier

    Ram raven + ier army

    raven army

  • Adalier

    Adal noble + ier army

    noble army

  • Landier

    Land territory + ier army

    territory army

French


Real world

Ar initial · Her initial

  • Arouard

    Ar army + ouard guard

    army guard

  • Arbrand

    Ar army + brand sword

    army sword

  • Araut

    Ar army + aut rule

    army rule

  • Herfroid

    Her army + froid peace

    army peace

  • Herulphe

    Her army + ulphe wolf

    army wolf

  • Herbert

    Her army + bert bright

    army bright

Greek


Real world

Strato initial · stratos final

  • Stratophylax

    Strato army + phylax guard

    army guard

  • Stratokydes

    Strato army + kydes renown

    army renown

  • Stratophron

    Strato army + phron mind

    army mind

  • Ergostratos

    Ergo work + stratos army

    work army

  • Polystratos

    Poly many + stratos army

    many army

  • Kydostratos

    Kydo renown + stratos army

    renown army

Griffin


Creatures

her final · hera final

  • Sanctiher

    Sancti holy + her army

    holy army

  • Fidher

    Fid faith + her army

    faith army

  • Belher

    Bel war + her army

    war army

  • Ordinahera

    Ordina order + hera army

    order army

  • Honorahera

    Honora honour + hera army

    honour army

  • Voliahera

    Volia flight + hera army

    flight army

Phoenix


Creatures

stratos final · stratia final

  • Leukostratos

    Leuko white + stratos army

    white army

  • Phoinikostratos

    Phoiniko crimson + stratos army

    crimson army

  • Phlogostratos

    Phlogo flame + stratos army

    flame army

  • Phlogiastratia

    Phlogia flame + stratia army

    flame army

  • Phengiastratia

    Phengia gleam + stratia army

    gleam army

  • Palinastratia

    Palina again + stratia army

    again army

Centaur


Creatures

stratos final

  • Melanostratos

    Melano black + stratos army

    black army

  • Botrystratos

    Botry grape cluster + stratos army

    grape cluster army

  • Oxystratos

    Oxy sharp + stratos army

    sharp army

Chinese


Real world

Jun initial

  • Junsi

    Jun army + si thought

    army thought

  • Junxiang

    Jun army + xiang auspicious

    army auspicious

  • Jungang

    Jun army + gang firm

    army firm

German


Real world

Her initial

  • Hermut

    Her army + mut courage

    army courage

  • Herwin

    Her army + win friend

    army friend

  • Herbrecht

    Her army + brecht bright

    army bright

Human


People

Here initial

  • Herelaf

    Here army + laf heirloom

    army heirloom

  • Hereferth

    Here army + ferth spirit

    army spirit

  • Hereord

    Here army + ord spear point

    army spear point

Indian


Real world

sen final

  • Amarsen

    Amar immortal + sen army

    immortal army

  • Ratansen

    Ratan jewel + sen army

    jewel army

  • Charusen

    Charu lovely + sen army

    lovely army

Minotaur


Creatures

stratos final

  • Kryptostratos

    Krypto hidden + stratos army

    hidden army

  • Aichmostratos

    Aichmo spear-point + stratos army

    spear-point army

  • Taurostratos

    Tauro bull + stratos army

    bull army

Viking


Real world

Har initial

  • Harulf

    Har army + ulf wolf

    army wolf

  • Harbjorn

    Har army + bjorn bear

    army bear

  • Harrek

    Har army + rek ruler

    army ruler

Senses that travel together

See also

Each of these shares at least two traditions with “army”. Senses that keep turning up in the same sets usually belong to one semantic field — the small vocabulary a naming tradition returns to again and again.

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