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 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.
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