Trainband
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A band or company of an organized military force instituted byJames I. and dissolved by Charles II.; -- afterwards applied to theLondon militia. [Eng.]He felt that, without some better protection than that of thetrainbands and Beefeaters, his palace and person would hardly besecure. Macaulay.A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. Cowper.
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