Definition of Trainbands

1. Noun. (plural of trainband) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Trainbands

1. trainband [n] - See also: trainband

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trainbands

train spotter
train spotting
train station
train stations
train surf
train surfing
train ticket
train track
train up
train wreck
train wrecks
trainabilities
trainability
trainable
trainband
trainbands (current term)
trainbandsman
trainbearer
trainbearers
traincrew
traincrews
trained
trained nurse
trained reflex
trained worker
trainee
trainees
traineeship
traineeships
trainel

Literary usage of Trainbands

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. M'Fingal: A Modern Epic Poem by John Trumbull (1856)
"... But ah! in danger, with dishonor The sword perfidious fails its owner; That sword, which oft had stood its ground, By huge trainbands encircled round; ..."

2. The History of England from the Accession of James II. by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Samuel Austin Allibone (1875)
"It was not forgotten that Hamp- den and Pym had been protected from lawless tyranny by the London trainbands ; that, in the great crisis of the civil war, ..."

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