"Home Guard" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Home Guard}} Home Guard
  1. (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. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Military Categories (place): United Kingdom Translations (An armed civilian defence force): kodinturvajoukot (Finnish), taua tautiaki (Maori)
    Sense id: en-Home_Guard-en-name-ZCYsF0no Disambiguation of United Kingdom: 88 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 86 14 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 82 18 Topics: government, military, politics, war

Noun

Forms: Home Guards [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Home Guard (plural Home Guards)
  1. A member of the Home Guard.
    Sense id: en-Home_Guard-en-noun-iyKxg1Tt

Inflected forms

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