landsturm

American  

[lahnt-shtoorm] / ˈlɑntˌʃtʊərm /

noun

1. a general draft of people in time of war.

2. the force so drafted or subject to such draft, consisting of all who are capable of bearing arms and not in the army, navy, or Landwehr.

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Landsturm British  

/ ˈlantʃtʊrm /

noun

1. a reserve force; militia

2. a general levy in wartime

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Etymology

Origin of landsturm

1805–15; < German: literally, land storm

Example Sentences

She had seen the landsturm officer brought to the hospital strapped fast to the stretcher, because his sobbing wrenched and tore his body so that the bearers could not control him otherwise.

From Men in War by Latzko, Andreas

At Linz, the landsturm were mustered to fire a volley, as the victory of Leipzig was celebrated for two or three days in most parts of Germany.

From A tour through some parts of France, Switzerland, Savoy, Germany and Belgium by Bernard, Richard Boyle

It seemed frivolous, almost impertinent, and the landsturm officer, leaning in the open window beside me in the passageway, thinking perhaps of his own home across the Rhine, laughed and breathed a deep-chested "Kolossal!"

From Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them by Ruhl, Arthur

He was casting about for an evasive reply when an unintelligible wheezing exclamation drew all eyes to the corner in which the landsturm officer and his wife were sitting.

From Men in War by Latzko, Andreas

In the war he was a lieutenant of the landsturm, in civil life a well-known composer.

From Men in War by Latzko, Andreas