Definition of Trainbands. Meaning of Trainbands. Synonyms of Trainbands

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Trainbands. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Trainbands and, of course, Trainbands synonyms and on the right images related to the word Trainbands.

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...
- Bentinck Strength 600, Jacobites and Loyalists of James II 280 Dutch horse and dragoons Reading militia, protestant trainbands Casualties and losses 12 Few...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- magistrate at Fairfield, Connecticut in 1677 He was Ensign of the Fairfield trainband in April, 1690 and Capt. in Oct., 1695. He was Deputy Governor from 1708...
- the General Elections after an unfortunate incident in 1768, when a “trainband” made a farce out of the escort duty. Certainly another reason for the...