national_guard has definitions from the field of military
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[ noun ] (military) United States military reserves recruited by the states and equipped by the federal government; subject to call by either

Synonyms

home_reserve

Used in print

(Public Papers of the Presidents of the U.S. D. D....)

Similar restrictions on the strength of the Army National_Guard contained in the 1960 Department_of_Defense Appropriation_Act should likewise be dropped .

I again proposed a reduction in the Army National_Guard and Army_Reserve - from their present strengths of 400000 and 300000 , respectively , to 360000 and 270000 by the end of the fiscal_year 1961 .

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