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  1. home guardnoun

    a volunteer unit formed to defend the homeland while the regular army is fighting elsewhere

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  1. Home guard

    Home guard is a title given to various military organizations at various times, with the implication of an emergency or reserve force raised for local defense. The term "home guard" was first officially used in the American Civil War, starting with units formed by German immigrants in Missouri, and may derive from possible historic use of the term Heimwehr ("home guard") to describe units officially known as Landwehr ("country guard"), or from an attempted translation of landwehr.

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  1. home guard

    A home guard refers to a volunteer military or paramilitary force composed of local citizens who are trained and prepared to support regular military units in times of emergencies, disasters, conflict, or war. This force is usually established to maintain internal order, protect homeland and support their nation's full-time defense forces. The specific tasks and responsibilities of a home guard can vary from country to country.

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  1. Home Guard

    In the American Civil War the Home Guard or Home Guards were local militia raised from Union loyalists.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of home guard in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of home guard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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