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turm

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From Middle English turmes pl, from Old French turme, from Latin turma (“troop, squadron, team”).

noun turms

obsolete A group of people, especially a military unit of cavalrymen. Thence to the gates caſt round thine eye, and ſee / What conflux iſſuing forth, or entring in: / Pretors, Proconſuls to thir Provinces / Haſting or on return, in robes of State; / Lictors and rods the enſigns of thir power; / Legions and Cohorts, turmes of horſe and wings: […]

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@misc{turm_2026,
  title = {turm},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/turm},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}