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Webster 1913 Edition
Trainband
Train′bandˊ
,Noun.
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
Of famous London town.
trainband
captain eke was heOf famous London town.
Cowper.
Definition 2024
trainband
trainband
English
Noun
trainband (plural trainbands)
- (historical) a company of trained civilian militia operating in England and North America between the 16th and the 18th centuries