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Webster 1913 Edition

Landwehr

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Land′wehrˊ

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Noun.
[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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Landwehr

Landwehr

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English

Noun

Landwehr ‎(plural Landwehrs)

  1. (historical) A segment of the armed forces of Germany, Austria, or Switzerland, often made up of older people, used for defense of the homeland.

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References

  • Landwehr in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

landwehr

landwehr

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French

Noun

landwehr f ‎(uncountable)

  1. Landwehr

Etymology

German, from Land ‎(“land, coutry”) + Wehr ‎(“defense”).

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