Definition of National guard

1. Noun. United States military reserves recruited by the states and equipped by the federal government; subject to call by either.

Exact synonyms: Home Reserve
Specialized synonyms: Air National Guard, Ang, Army National Guard, Arng
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Generic synonyms: Territorial, Territorial Reserve
Terms within: National Guard Bureau, Ngb
Member holonyms: Guardsman, Territorial

Lexicographical Neighbors of National Guard

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Naticidae
Nation of Islam
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Archives and Records Administration
National Baseball Hall of Fame
National Cancer Information Service
National Climatic Data Center
National Convention
National Formulary
National Guard
National Guard Bureau
National Imagery and Mapping Agency
National Institute of Justice
National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Institutes of Health
National Intelligence Community
National Labor Relations Board
National League
National Liberation Army
National Liberation Front of Corsica
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Park Service
National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
National Reconnaissance Office

Literary usage of National guard

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"11 Illus World 25:742-7 Ag '16 Mobilizing the national guard—a lesson on ... 11 Ind 87:15-16 Jl 3 '16 national guard. Sei Am 114:59 Ja 8 '16 national guard ..."

2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"The national guard had thus become a fundamental institution of the Monarchy — an ... The national guard was perfectly aware of its position and of the ..."

3. Annual Report of the Commissioner of Labor by New York (State). Dept. of Labor (1915)
"Discrimination against members of the national guard.— No association or corporation, constituted or organized for the purpose of promoting the success of ..."

4. A Manual for Courts-martial, Courts of Inquiry and of Other Procedure Under by United States War Dept (1916)
"General courts-martial of the national guard not in the service of the United States may be convened by orders of the President, or of the governors of the ..."

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