# arsenal of democracy

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The United States of America, as supplier of extensive materiel support to U.S. allies during World War II; or post-war U.S. as the manufacturer and possessor of the greatest quantity of advanced military weaponry in the world, in the service of defending governments favouring the United States, mostly democracies.

## Etymology
Introduced to wide usage (although probably not first used) by U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in December, 1940.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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