bell notificationshomepageloginedit profileclubsdmBox

Search word meanings:

Word Meanings - TRAINBAND - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A band or company of an organized military force instituted by James I. and dissolved by Charles II.; -- afterwards applied to the London militia. He felt that, without some better protection than that of the trainbands and Beefeaters, his palace

Additional info about word: TRAINBAND

A band or company of an organized military force instituted by James I. and dissolved by Charles II.; -- afterwards applied to the London militia. 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.

Related words: (words related to TRAINBAND)

  • FORCE
    To stuff; to lard; to farce. Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit. Shak.
  • APPLICABLE
    Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv.
  • LONDONISM
    A characteristic of Londoners; a mode of speaking peculiar to London.
  • APPLICATIVE
    Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. -- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv.
  • APPLICANCY
    The quality or state of being applicable.
  • JAMESTOWN WEED
    The poisonous thorn apple or stramonium , a rank weed early noticed at Jamestown, Virginia. See Datura. Note: This name is often corrupted into jimson, jimpson, and gympsum.
  • APPLICABILITY
    The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.
  • DISSOLVATIVE
    Having the power to dissolve anything; solvent. Frampton.
  • ORGANIZATION
    1. The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body. "The first organization of the general government." Pickering. 2. The state of being organized; also,
  • APPLICATORILY
    By way of application.
  • FORCEPS
    The caudal forceps-shaped appendage of earwigs and some other insects. See Earwig. Dressing forceps. See under Dressing. (more info) 1. A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies
  • WITHOUT-DOOR
    Outdoor; exterior. "Her without-door form." Shak.
  • WITHOUTFORTH
    Without; outside' outwardly. Cf. Withinforth. Chaucer.
  • INSTITUTOR
    A presbyter appointed by the bishop to institute a rector or assistant minister over a parish church. (more info) 1. One who institutes, founds, ordains, or establishes. 2. One who educates; an instructor. Walker.
  • LONDONIZE
    To impart to a manner or character like that which distinguishes Londoners.
  • BETTERMOST
    Best. "The bettermost classes." Brougham.
  • INSTITUTIONARY
    1. Relating to an institution, or institutions. 2. Containing the first principles or doctrines; elemental; rudimentary.
  • LONDON
    The capital city of England. London paste , a paste made of caustic soda and unslacked lime; -- used as a caustic to destroy tumors and other morbid enlargements. -- London pride. A garden name for Saxifraga umbrosa, a hardy perennial
  • LONDONER
    A native or inhabitant of London. Shak.
  • FORCEFUL
    Full of or processing force; exerting force; mighty. -- Force"ful*ly, adv. Against the steed he threw His forceful spear. Dryden.
  • REINFORCEMENT
    See REëNFORCEMENT
  • UNAPPLIABLE
    Inapplicable. Milton.
  • REAPPLICATION
    The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied.
  • DEFORCEOR
    See DEFORCIANT
  • TRUST COMPANY
    Any corporation formed for the purpose of acting as trustee. Such companies usually do more or less of a banking business.
  • INAPPLICABILITY
    The quality of being inapplicable; unfitness; inapplicableness.
  • REENFORCE
    To strengthen with new force, assistance, material, or support; as, to reënforce an argument; to reënforce a garment; especially, to strengthen with additional troops, as an army or a fort, or with additional ships, as a fleet.
  • DEFORCE
    To keep from the rightful owner; to withhold wrongfully the possession of, as of lands or a freehold. To resist the execution of the law; to oppose by force, as an officer in the execution of his duty. Burrill.
  • DISCOMPANY
    To free from company; to dissociate. It she be alone now, and discompanied. B. Jonson.

 

Back to top