trainband

American  

[treyn-band] / ˈtreɪnˌbænd /

noun

English History.

1. a company of trained militia organized in London and elsewhere in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries.

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trainband British  

/ ˈtreɪnˌbænd /

noun

1. a company of English militia from the 16th to the 18th century

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Etymology

Origin of trainband

1620–30; train(ed) ( def. ) + band ¹

Example Sentences

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trainband

I hoped they weren’t trying to get the trainband organized to fight the British.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

I guess they were mostly from the Fairfield trainband.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

Some of them, I knew, belonged to the trainband and were going off to get their weapons.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

Next to the church, on the other side of Cross Highway was an empty field where the trainband practiced drilling.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

At noon of on autumnal day, more than two centuries ago, the English colors were displayed by the standard-bearer of the Salem trainband, which had mustered for martial exercise under the orders of John Endicott.

From From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel