HOME GUARD meaning: Civilian volunteers for national defense

We found 16 dictionaries that define the word home guard:

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home guard: Merriam-Webster
Home Guard: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
home guard: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
Home Guard: Collins English Dictionary
home guard: Vocabulary.com
home-guard: Wordnik
home guard: Infoplease Dictionary
home guard: Dictionary.com
Home Guard (Denmark), Home Guard (India), Home Guard (New Zealand), Home Guard (Norway), Home Guard (Sri Lanka), Home Guard (Sweden), Home Guard (Swedish Armed Forces), Home Guard (Union), Home Guard (United Kingdom), Home Guard, Home guard: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
home guard: Rhymezone
home guard: FreeDictionary.org
home guard: Mnemonic Dictionary
home guard: TheFreeDictionary.com
home guard: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Home Guard: Wiktionary

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home guard: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Home Guard)

▸ noun: (military, historical) An armed citizen defence force supporting the British Army during the Second World War, in particular, defence against any invasion by enemy forces.
▸ noun: A member of the Home Guard.

Opposite:

invader, attacker, enemy

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Norwegian Home Guard, Slovene Home Guard, Confederate Home Guard, more...

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