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trainband
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.] He felt that, without some better protection than that ...
Wiktionary
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n. (context historical English) a company of trained civilian militia operating in England and North America between the 16th and the 18th centuries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Trainbands were companies of militia in England or the Americas , first organized in the 16th century and dissolved in the 18th. The term was used after this time to describe the London militia. In the early American colonies the trainband was the most ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a company of militia in England or America from the 16th century to the 18th century
Usage examples of trainband.
After them march the guilds and trades and trainbands with flying colours: coopers, bird fanciers, millwrights, newspaper canvassers, law scriveners, masseurs, vintners, trussmakers, chimneysweeps, lard refiners, tabinet and poplin weavers, farriers, Italian warehousemen, church decorators, bootjack manufacturers, undertakers, silk mercers, lapidaries, salesmasters, corkcutters, assessors of fire losses, dyers and cleaners, export bottlers, fellmongers, ticketwriters, heraldic seal engravers, horse repository hands, bullion brokers, cricket and archery outfitters, riddlemakers, egg and potato factors, hosiers and glovers, plumbing contractors.
The Governor granted practically all that the freestate men desired and recognized their trainbands as a part of the police force of the Territory.