home guard

Noun
  1. A volunteer unit formed to defend the homeland while the regular army is fighting elsewhere (synset 108407978)
    referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation
    is a type of: guard - a military unit serving to protect some place or person
    subtypes: yeomanry - a British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army

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