Landwehr

[ lahnt-veyr ]

noun

(in Germany, Austria, etc.) the part of the organized military forces of a nation that has completed a certain amount of compulsory training, and whose continuous service is required only in time of war.

Origin of Landwehr

1805–15; <German, equivalent to Land country, land + Wehr defense; see weir

The Landwehr of the second class consists of all from thirty-two to forty years who have quitted the first class.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. IX.--February, 1851.--Vol. II. | Various
When assembled for drill, the Landwehr receive the same pay as the regular army.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. IX.--February, 1851.--Vol. II. | Various
I find that strange racial brooding and melancholy in the diary of a sub-officer of the Landwehr.
Our Part in the Great War | Arthur Gleason
We saw a body of 3000 Prussian Landwehr enter Brussels, shortly before we left the city.
Travels in France during the years 1814-1815 | Archibald Alison
He subsequently entered the Prussian Landwehr and served for a year in the royal guard.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 2 | Various

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