trainband

trainband [treyn-band] ExamplesWord Origin noun English History.

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

Origin of trainband 1620–30; train(ed) + band1 Examples from the Web for trainband Historical Examples of trainband

To-morrow you will deliver ten guns to the captain of the trainband at the court-house.

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British Dictionary definitions for trainband trainband noun

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

Word Origin for trainband C17: altered from trained band