armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

military officer, officer - any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command; "an officer is responsible for the lives of his men"

quartermaster - an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops

Alfred Dreyfus, Dreyfus - French army officer of Jewish descent whose false imprisonment for treason in 1894 raised issues of anti-semitism that dominated French politics until his release in 1906 (1859-1935)