Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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home guard | Yes | No | No | No |
yeomanry | Yes | No | No | No |
home guard (noun) | yeomanry (noun) |
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a volunteer unit formed to defend the homeland while the regular army is fighting elsewhere | class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land |
a British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army |