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trainbands |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.
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