Allies : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Allies	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Allies n the alliance of nations that fought the Axis in World War II and which (with subsequent additions) signed the charter of the United Nations in 1945 in World War I the alliance of Great Britain and France and Russia and all the other nations that became allied with them in opposing the Central Powers an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ally \Al*ly"\, n.; pl. {Allies}. [See {Ally}, v.] 1. A relative; a kinsman. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. One united to another by treaty or league; -- usually applied to sovereigns or states; a confederate. The English soldiers and their French allies. --Macaulay. 3. Anything associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary. Science, instead of being the enemy of religion, becomes its ally. --Buckle. 4. Anything akin to another by structure, etc.