The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trainbands
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
of the trainbands and Beefeaters, his palace and person
would hardly be secure.
--Macaulay.
A trainband captain eke was he
Of famous London town.
--Cowper.
Wiktionary
trainbands
n. (plural of trainband English)
Usage examples of "trainbands".
The Governor granted practically all that the freestate men desired and recognized their trainbands as a part of the police force of the Territory.