Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trainband

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: train-band
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A company of trained civilian militia operating in England and North America between the 16th and the 18th centuries.

Example Sentences

"A train-band captain eke was he / Of famous London town."
"Another said that he should be glad to know how the Devonshire trainbands, who had fled in confusion before Monmouth's scythemen, would have faced the household troops of Lewis"

Etymology

Apparently a contraction of trained band.

Inflected Forms

trainbands (plural)

Questions

What does trainband mean?: A company of trained civilian militia operating in England and North America between the 16th and the 18th centuries.
Where does trainband come from?: Apparently a contraction of trained band.

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