What is "contingents"

Usage examples of "contingents".

Barghast clans from the far north, a half-score mercenary contingents, and the plains-dwelling Rhivi.

By now, he conjectured, all the National Guard contingents which had been ordered to prevent a northward exodus of plague-carrying Floridians must have been pulled back to the border.

Don Jorge, that Major Don Vicente rode south with his mixed troop, all that were left, he averred, of the cavalry contingents of La Fortaleza.

The outside contingents were in four bunches, then encamped in different directions and within from three to five miles of the ranch.

CHAPTER THREE Dujek Onearm and his army awaited the arrival of Caladan Brood and his allies: the fell Tiste Andü, Barghast clans from the far north, a half-score mercenary contingents, and the plains-dwelling Rhivi.

It was a fortnight ago, Don Jorge, that Major Don Vicente rode south with his mixed troop, all that were left, he averred, of the cavalry contingents of La Fortaleza.