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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.

Origin:
1620–30; train(ed) + band 1
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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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