Definition of Trainbands. Meaning of Trainbands. Synonyms of Trainbands

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Definition of Trainbands

Trainbands
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.
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 Trainbands from wikipedia

- individual communities contained their own trainbands. As po****tions increased and the number of trainbands grew, colonies organized companies into regiments...
- disparate groups, culminating in a 1645 episode involving the town's "trainband", when some Hingham settlers supported Eames, and others supported Bozoan...
- celebrations and activities such as military exercises of the town's trainband or militia. Many of the early colonists who migrated from England came...
- 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...
- 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...
- State. They elected a few lieutenants and captains to be in charge of the trainbands in various cities. Yale was among the deputies present for the re-election...
- 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...
- Residence(s) S.W corner of East Avenue and Fort Point Street, Norwalk, Connecticut Colony Military service Rank Captain (October 1719) Unit Norwalk Trainband...