Found 2 items, similar to Trainband.
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Definition: trainband
trainband
n : a company of militia in England or America from the 16th
century to the 18th century
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Trainband
Trainband
\Train"band`\, n.; pl.
Trainbands.
A band or company of an organized military force instituted
by James I. and dissolved by Charles II.; -- afterwards
applied to the London militia. [Eng.]
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He felt that, without some better protection than that
of the trainbands and Beefeaters, his palace and person
would hardly be secure. --Macaulay.
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A trainband captain eke was he
Of famous London town. --Cowper.
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