Landwehr

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Landwehr \Land"wehr`\, n. [G., fr. land land, country + wehr
     defense.]
     That part of the army, in Germany and Austria, which has
     completed the usual military service and is exempt from duty
     in time of peace, except that it is called out occasionally
     for drill.


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