trainband

English Thesaurus

1. a company of militia in England or America from the 16th century to the 18th century (noun.group)

hypernym	:	company,
definition	:	small military unit; usually two or three platoons (noun.group)

hypernym	:	militia, reserves,
definition	:	civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army (noun.group)

member holonym	:	trainbandsman,
definition	:	a member of a trainband (noun.person)