单词 | militia regiment |
释义 | > as lemmasmilitia regiment militia regiment n. ΚΠ 1655 in C. H. Firth Clarke Papers (1899) III. 23 The citty have named Alderman Underwood, Alderman Tichborne, and —— to bee 3 of theire Collonells to comand theire Militia regiments. 1730 H. Fielding Rape upon Rape ii. ii. 16 Fear not; these bear no nearer Affinity to Lawyers, than a Militia Regiment of Squires do to Soldiers. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice I. vii. 60 At present, indeed, they were well supplied both with news and happiness by the recent arrival of a militia regiment in the neighbourhood. View more context for this quotation 1994 Espirit de Corps (Ottawa) Aug. 32/2 The vast majority of militia regiments were much older..most having been organized in the 1860s to meet the Fenian threat from the United States. < as lemmas |
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