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home guard
noun
- a volunteer force used for meeting local emergencies when the regular armed forces are needed elsewhere.
Home Guard
noun
- a volunteer part-time military force recruited for the defence of the United Kingdom in World War II
- (in various countries) a civil defence and reserve militia organization
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of home guard1
Example Sentences
Among the professional troops taking part in this exercise are members of Norway's home guard - mostly part-time soldiers.
After independence much of it went to the home guards, as the Mau Mau continued to be considered a terrorist organisation.
Thousands of personnel from other government security services including the home guards and the para-military Border Security Force will be brought in to maintain law and order, he said.
He said two of the dead were members of the home guard, a voluntary force that helps police control civil disturbances.
Authorities say a police official and five home guards are among those killed in the accident which took place in Chamoli district.
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