landwehrn.
/ˈlandvɛː/ a. In Germany and some other countries, that part of the organized land forces (corresponding to the militia of Great Britain) of which continuous service is required only in time of war. Also transferred (quot. 1856).
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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > [noun] > militia or citizen army > specific
pospolite1697
landwehr1815
armatole1821
Reichswehr1876
Red Guard1906
White Guard1906
Basij1982
1815 H. M. Williams Narr. Events France xiv. 313 A great part of these troops were of the landwehr, or Prussian levy in mass.
1856 G. Grote Hist. Greece XII. ii. xcii. 77 The poor and hardy Landwehr of Macedonia, constantly on the defensive against predatory neighbours.
1866 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 552 To every district was assigned a detachment of the Landwehr proportionate to its population.
1878 J. R. Seeley Life & Times Stein II. 130 The Prussian Landwehr dates..from 1813.
b. attributive, as landwehr man.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > militiaman > specific
miquelet1670
minuteman1774
landwehr man1866
khassadar1901
somatenist1928
requeté1936
miliciano1938
militiaman1939
Basij1982
Basiji1982
1866 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 553 The Landwehrmen were to provide their own uniforms.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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