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ˈtrain-guard
[f. train n.1, in various senses + guard n.]
†a. A train of attendants forming a guard.
†b. A body of men in charge of the train of an army.
c. The guard of a railway train.
1650Fuller Pisgah iv. v. §32 Pharaohs daughter with her feminine train-guard. 1760MS. Audit Office (Bodl.) 281/125. 7 d, Major Oughton and others for the Train Guard at the Battle of Culloden. 1897Pall Mall G. 19 May 4/2 [In Denmark] The all-pervading militarism..of Germany has disappeared; the train-guard is no longer an exaggerated drill-sergeant. |