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trainbands

trainbands is the plural of trainband.

Meaning of trainband

Noun

trainband (plural trainbands)

  1. (historical) A company of trained civilian militia operating in England and North America between the 16th and the 18th centuries.
    • A train-band captain eke was he / Of famous London town.1782, William Cowper, The Diverting History of John Gilpen

Questions about trainbands

What is trainbands the plural of?
Trainbands is the plural of trainband.

Words near trainbands in the dictionary

  1. trainagraph
  2. trainagraphs
  3. Trainas
  4. trainasium
  5. trainband
  6. trainbands
  7. trainbearer
  8. trainbearers
  9. trainboy
  10. trainboys
  11. traincare

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