| NOUN | group | home guard | a volunteer unit formed to defend the homeland while the regular army is fighting elsewhere |
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| Meaning | A volunteer unit formed to defend the homeland while the regular army is fighting elsewhere. | |
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| Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
| Narrower | yeomanry | A British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army |
| Broader | guard | A military unit serving to protect some place or person |
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