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train⋅band
[treyn-band] 
–noun English History.
| a company of trained militia organized in London and elsewhere in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. |
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| train·band (trān'bānd') n. A company of trained militia in England or America from the 16th to the 18th century. [Contraction of trained band.] |
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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.] He felt that, without some better protection than that of the trainbands and Beefeaters, his palace and person would hardly be secure. --Macaulay. A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. --Cowper.
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