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phalange

Pronunciation: /ˈfalan(d)ʒ/

Definition of phalange

noun

1 Anatomyanother term for phalanx (sense 2).

2 (Phalange) a right-wing Maronite party in Lebanon founded in 1936 by Pierre Gemayel.

Derivatives

Phalangist: phalange (sense 2).

Origin:

mid 19th century: back-formation from phalanges, plural of phalanx. phalange (sense 2) is a shortening of French Phalanges Libanaises 'Lebanese phalanxes'