Category:Trainband

Train"band`, n.; pl. Trainbands (.

Defn: 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.