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< ordn.

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ord·nance

(ôrd

ns) KEY

NOUN:

Military materiel, such as weapons, ammunition, combat vehicles, and equipment.
The branch of an armed force that procures, maintains, and issues weapons, ammunition, and combat vehicles.
Cannon; artillery.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English ordnaunce, variant of ordinaunce, order, military provision ; see ordinance

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