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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(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.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.