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Trainband   Listen
noun
Trainband  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." "A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town."






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