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trainband::noun | Spocien Dictionary

trainband

/'treɪn,bænd/

a company of militia in England or America from the 16th century to the 18th century

Type	Words
Type of	company, militia, reserves

trainband

Towns often had a village green, used for outdoor celebrations and activities like military exercises of the town's trainband or militia.

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Alienated and radicalised he joined a trainband in August 1643 and fought at the First Battle of Newbury, where he carried out battlefield surgery.

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