Trainband

2 definitions found

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

  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.]
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           He felt that, without some better protection than that
           of the trainbands and Beefeaters, his palace and person
           would hardly be secure.                  --Macaulay.
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           A trainband captain eke was he
           Of famous London town.                   --Cowper.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trainband
       n : a company of militia in England or America from the 16th
           century to the 18th century