green army

plural green armies

1. UKslanggovernmentThe regular army, not including any special forces.

   Roger that. Feds and green army are blue lighting to you.

   2014, James Rennie, The Operators, Pen and Sword, →ISBN

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   'We'll get the green army to keep an eye on the place, make sure there's not too much activity while our backs are turned,' said the ops officer.

   1998, Catherine Jones, Sisters In Arms, →ISBN

   Frodsham and his guard fell in alongside Tiger and Mack, Mack flicked the safety off his L85; an unreliable piece of crap that the green army troopers hated, and the SAS had replaced with M16's and then C8 SFW carbines.

   2014, Josef Black, SAS Special Operations Force (The Blades; 1), NYXZU Digital Press, →ISBN

2. historicalRussian Civil WarName of some armed groups that were not affiliated with the Reds or the Whites, for ideological or other reasons, existing from 1918 approximately until the end of 1924. This name may sometimes include some Anarchist and Nationalist groups, as well as deserters and criminals.