English Explanatory Dictionary

trainband

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A company of trained civilian militia operating in England and North America between the 16th and the 18th centuries.

Word forms

trainband trainbands

Etymology

Apparently a contraction of trained band.

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