单词 | militia band |
释义 | > as lemmasmilitia band militia band n. (a) a group of musicians belonging to a militia; (b) a gang of militiamen. ΚΠ 1783 J. Woodforde Diary 24 Mar. (1926) II. 66 The Order of the Procession was as follows. Four Trumpeters..Militia Band. 1804 D. Humphreys Misc. Wks. 172 Militia bands, who fought to save their farms, All multiformly march in garb and arms. 1951 W. Faulkner in H. Brickell O. Henry Prize Stories of 1951 107 The militia band had got more whisky from the trading-post store. 1996 E. Lovelace Salt ix. 176 The little bandstand where the militia band played for the Port-of-Spain population. < as lemmas |
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