home guard

/hoʊm gɑrd/
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Other forms: home guards

Definitions of home guard
  1. noun
    a volunteer unit formed to defend the homeland while the regular army is fighting elsewhere
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    types:
    yeomanry
    a British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army
    type of:
    guard
    a military unit serving to protect some place or person
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