Definition of Trainband. Meaning of Trainband. Synonyms of Trainband

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Definition of Trainband

Trainband
Trainband Train"band`, n.; pl. Trainbands. A band or company of an organized military force instituted by James I. and dissolved by Charles II.; -- afterwards applied to the London militia. [Eng.] He felt that, without some better protection than that of the trainbands and Beefeaters, his palace and person would hardly be secure. --Macaulay. A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. --Cowper.

Meaning of Trainband from wikipedia

- common in the American colonies, where they are normally referred to as Trainbands. Similar organisations include the Dutch Schutterij, and the Swiss militia...
- disparate groups, culminating in a 1645 episode involving the town's "trainband", when some Hingham settlers supported Eames, and others supported Bozoan...
- promoted to the rank of lieutenant in the First Company of the Stratford Trainband when it was formed in 1672. A religious conflict erupted between Stratford's...
- Residence(s) Wilton parish, Norwalk, Connecticut Colony Military service Rank Lieutenant (October 19, 1719) Unit South Company of the Norwalk Trainband...
- diplomat; US Amb****ador to Haiti John B****ett (1652–1714), captain of the trainband; deputy to the General Court (legislature) of Connecticut Colony Lyman...
- celebrations and activities such as military exercises of the town's trainband or militia. Many of the early colonists who migrated from England came...
- training of Elizabethan militias which maintained well trained units (trainbands) alongside less well trained and less well armed groups of militia. Another...
- Lockwood, Reverend Samuel Lockwood Residence(s) Norwalk, Connecticut Colony Military service Rank Colonel Unit North Company of the Norwalk Trainband...
- the site of the present day Ames Street Bridge. He also served in the trainband led by Eleazer Lusher. Bullard was born in England in 1594 and first settled...
- Residence(s) S.W corner of East Avenue and Fort Point Street, Norwalk, Connecticut Colony Military service Rank Captain (October 1719) Unit Norwalk Trainband...