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Home Guard en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A member of this defence force.
   • Some 100,000 railwaymen have been released to join the fighting forces, 90,000 are training as Home Guards in addition to their railway work, 170,000 members of the railway staffs have been fully trained in A.R.P. duties, and 100,000 railwaywomen are now employed. 1943 March-April, John R. Hind, “The British Railways at War”, in Railway Magazine, page 95:

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Synonyms

Home Guardsman

Home Guard en · PROPN

Meanings

1. (historical) An armed citizen defence force supporting the British Army during the Second World War, in particular, defence against any invasion by enemy forces.
   • Later in the year the title of Local Defence Volunteer was changed to the more appropriate one of Home Guard. 1940 December, “Railways and the War—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 629:

Deriveds

Home Guardsman

Translations (2)

mi taua tautiaki (An armed civilian defence force) · fi kodinturvajoukot (An armed civilian defence force)