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clubmen

clubmen noun: one of several apolitical local militias formed for protection (from both sides) during the English Civil War. Also the plural of clubman.

Noun

clubmen

  1. (historical) One of several apolitical local militias formed for protection (from both sides) during the English Civil War.
    • Groups of neutralists or ‘clubmen’ throughout the west country tried to drive both warring sides out of their area and demanded an end to the war by negotiation.2009, Ranulph Fiennes, chapter 21, in Mad Dogs and Englishmen: An Expedition Round My Family, London: Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 224

Also used as

clubmen is also the plural of clubman.

Questions about clubmen

What does clubmen mean?
Clubmen means one of several apolitical local militias formed for protection (from both sides) during the English Civil War.
What part of speech is clubmen?
Clubmen is a noun.

Words near clubmen in the dictionary

  1. clubmasters
  2. clubmate
  3. clubmates
  4. clubmember
  5. clubmembers
  6. clubmen
  7. clubmobile
  8. clubmobiles
  9. Clubmoor
  10. clubmoss
  11. clubmosses

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