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Meanings of home guard in English

Portuguese
home guard
Spanish
home guard
Wikidata

1940-1944 British Army auxiliary defence force.

        Related terms
        home guard
        Russian
        внутренняя гвардия дании
        Portuguese
        guarda caseira real dinamarquesa
        Catalan
        guàrdia nacional
        Wikidata

        Volunteer reserve branch of Denmark's military.

              внутренняя гвардия дании
              Synonyms
              Examples for "ldv"
              Examples for "ldv"
              1
              Here are five things you need to know about the LDV D90.
              News.com.au
              2
              Birmingham-based van maker LDV is also on the verge of collapse.
              Reuters
              3
              LDV is another British brand stuck to the grille of a Chinese car-making operation.
              News.com.au
              4
              The Chinese company has said it is also eyeing U.K. light commercial vehicle maker LDV.
              Reuters
              5
              Latest accounts show that Deripaska's holding company Basic Element has invested 25 million pounds in LDV.
              Reuters
              1
              People say, well this is just Dad's Army, trying to justify their existences.
              Radio NZ
              2
              After all, there is only so much critical analysis Dad's Army can sustain.
              The Irish Times
              3
              Dr Richard Swainson has been to see Dad's Army and Mahana.
              Radio NZ
              4
              News footage of the original cast of Dad's Army being interviewed has been unearthed.
              BBC
              5
              The film version of Dad's Army has premiered in London.
              BBC
              Portuguese
              guarda nacional sueca
              Spanish
              guardia nacional - fuerzas de seguridad nacional

              Swedish military auxiliary force.

                    Related terms
                    guarda nacional sueca
                    Russian
                    территориальная оборона норвегии
                    Spanish
                    guardia nacional de noruega
                    Catalan
                    guàrdia nacional de noruega

                    Rapid mobilisation force in the Norwegian military.

                          территориальная оборона норвегии
                          Usage of home guard in English
                          1
                          The home guard of our party received the news calmly.
                          Blindfolded
                          2
                          Their attempt to burn a bridge at Miamiville was repulsed by the home guard.
                          Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War
                          3
                          Our most important partner in crime for these sea launches are the naval home guard.
                          Wired
                          4
                          A few local men have formed a home guard of volunteers called the People Committees.
                          The Guardian
                          5
                          Our home guard swept in for the rescue effort and delivered shipments of additional supplies.
                          Navigators of Dune
                          6
                          Bold bluffs that have come hundreds of miles from their inland home guard the river.
                          Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader / B...
                          7
                          But it is chiefly as a family pet and a home guard-dog that they are known.
                          The Irish Times
                          8
                          We'll make him captain of the home guard.
                          Half Portions
                          9
                          Within ten minutes, Manon and the Thirteen surrounded the Blueblood nest-andthe home guard yielded their treasure.
                          Heir of Fire
                          10
                          They are the West Papuan home guard.
                          Radio NZ
                          11
                          And you're the home guard, remember.
                          Coalition's End
                          12
                          Back to home guard tomorrow.
                          Foundation and Empire
                          13
                          It would be a hell of a note to put things off till every town had a home guard organized.
                          Starr, of the Desert
                          14
                          A Confederate " home guard," hearing something going on upon the island, rode across, concealed his horse and still-hunted me.
                          The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1
                          15
                          First, just how far Greg Dyke and the fusty old home guard of England's own FA are from the real power centres here.
                          The Guardian
                          16
                          WARSAW - Last winter, Monika Pawlik spent her days crawling through mud and digging trenches in frozen ground, training for Poland's home guard.
                          Reuters