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‖ somaten|somaˈten, səʊˈmɑːtɛn|
Pl. somatenes.
[a. Catalan (and Sp.) somatén an alarm bell; an armed body of citizens.]
In Catalonia, a body of civilians armed for the protection of a town or district; a member of this body. Hence soˈmatenist [Catalan somatenista], a member of a somaten.
1845R. Ford Hand-bk. Spain I. 493/1 Thus time was given for the somaten, or tocsin, to be rung, and the armed peasantry collected... The Catalan guerrilleros were called Somatenes, from this bell. 1905R. Thirlmere Lett. from Catalonia I. v. 60 In Olot and other Catalan towns they have what they call El Somaten, an armed, local, volunteer force—which closes all the highways at the sound of an alarm bell. 1911Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 566/2 Miquelets..were irregular local troops in Catalonia... They were maintained by the several parishes..and as they had to turn out for duty on sound of the village alarm-bell (somaten) they are frequently called somatenes. 1928Daily Tel. 29 May 9/5 A member of the ‘Somaten’ (Militia) to-day succeeded in finding the young man who ran amok with a rifle last Monday... As he refused to surrender the ‘Somatenist’ fired and killed him. 1929A. F. G. Bell in E. A. Peers Spain 275 A more efficient city-police, together with the Somatenes and the Civil Guard, maintained order throughout Spain. |