Crossword-Solution: TRAINBAND
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Trainband | n. | A band or company of an organized military force instituted by James I. and dissolved by Charles II.; -- afterwards applied to the London militia. |
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| company of English militia from the 16th to the 18th century | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and
rolling, with noise.
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Sentences with TRAINBAND (5)
ENDICOTT AND THE RED CROSS 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.
Except the malefactors whom we have described, and the diseased or infirm persons, the whole male population of the town, between sixteen years and sixty, were seen in the ranks of the trainband.
Ward, /1/ the defendant set up that the plaintiff and he were skirmishing in a trainband, and that when discharging his piece he wounded the plaintiff by accident and misfortune, and against his own will.
THE DRAGON COURT “A citizen Of credit and renown; A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town.” Cowper.
From the first, he was conspicuous in military matters; having been commissioned by the General Court, in 1648, Ensign of the trainband in Salisbury.