Host - An Army, Group, or Formation

An Army, Group, or Formation

• Cossack host, was the administrative subdivision of Cossacks in Imperial Russia based on their location. There were:
  • Amur Cossack Host
  • Astrakhan Cossack Host
  • Don Cossack Host
  • Kuban Cossack Host
  • Orenburg Cossack Host
  • Semiryechye Cossack Host
  • Terek Cossack Host
  • Transbaikal Cossack Host
  • Ural Cossack Host
  • Ussuri Cossack Host
  • Danube Cossack Host, an Imperial Russian Cossack Host formed from descendants of the Zaporozhian Cossacks
  • Zaporozhian Host, the Zaporozhian Cossacks who lived in Zaporizhia, in Central Ukraine
• Furious Host or the Wild Hunt, a European folk myth
• Heavenly host, an "army" of good angels in Heaven
  • Lord of hosts, a common expression in the Old testament