Trainband
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Trainband is a noun meaning (now historical) A company of trained civilian militia operating in England and North America between the 16th and the 18th centuries.
Meaning
(now historical) A company of trained civilian militia operating in England and North America between the 16th and the 18th centuries.
Example Sentences
A train-band captain eke was he / Of famous London town.
Another said that he should be glad to know how the Devonshire trainbands, who had fled in confusion before Monmouth's scythemen, would have faced the household troops of Lewis
Word Forms
- trainbands
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include warband, yeomanry, bannerman, militiaman, militia, guardsman.
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