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
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