Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

one-man army

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.98 in modern English

Syllables: one--man army
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A single person who performs a task typically performed by a group.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: one-man band"
"By this time in my military life cycle it had become clear I was neither a One-Man Army or Superman."
"During the past two decades, he's become a one-man army for drawing inspiring lessons from the cavalry's role in Yosemite and taking them to a global public—not only by telling the army story but also, even more impressively, by making that story his own."
"Adept at legal lexicon and local government policies, and wielding the weapon of the RTI Act, the self-designated one-man army claims to be able to single- handedly hold the state and developers to account, fighting their collusive abuses."

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

you and whose army

Frequently Paired Words

you and whose army

Synonyms

one-man band

Questions

What does one-man army mean?: A single person who performs a task typically performed by a group.

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