Territorial Army

Territorial Army
noun
British unit of nonprofessional soldiers organized for the defense of Great Britain
• Hypernyms: ↑territorial, ↑territorial reserve
• Member Meronyms: ↑territorial
• Part Meronyms: ↑yeomanry

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Territorial Army noun
The name (1920–67, and from 1979) of the voluntary military force organized on a territorial basis, founded in 1908 as the Territorial Force, and known (1967–79) as the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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Main Entry: ↑territory

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Territorial Army,
the portion of the British Army auxiliary to the regular army, especially for home defense; Home Guard.

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noun
the Territorial Army
: a part of the military forces of Britain that is made up of people who are not professional soldiers but are given military training for a period of time each year — abbr. TA

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the ˌTerritorial ˈArmy f129 [Territorial Army] noun singular + singular or plural verb (abbr. TA)
(in Britain) a military force of people who are not professional soldiers but who train as soldiers in their free time
 
Culture:
The Territorial Army joined together with the British Army to fight in the ↑Second World War. The TA was established in 1908 and now has about 40 000 members as part of the ↑Volunteer Reserve Forces.

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  • Territorial Army, the — noun in the U.K., a part of the military that consists of people who are not professional soldiers …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Territorial Army — (abbr the TA) (also infml Terriers) a British military force of part time voluntary soldiers who are trained to join with the professional British Army to defend the country in an emergency. It joined together with the British Army to fight in… …   Universalium

  • Territorial Army — noun a reserve force of the British Army, made up of part time soldiers …   Wiktionary

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