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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    United States military reserves recruited by the states and equipped by the federal government; subject to call by eitherplay

    Synonyms:

    home reserve; National Guard

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

    Hypernyms ("home reserve" is a kind of...):

    territorial; territorial reserve (a territorial military unit)

    Meronyms (parts of "home reserve"):

    National Guard Bureau; NGB (the agency that administers the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard; provides liaison between the Army and the Air Force and various National Guard units)

    Meronyms (members of "home reserve"):

    guardsman (a soldier who is a member of a unit called 'the guard' or 'guards')

    territorial (nonprofessional soldier member of a territorial military unit)

    Domain category:

    armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "home reserve"):

    Air National Guard; ANG (a civilian reserve component of the United States Air Force that provides prompt mobilization during war and assistance during national emergencies)

    Army National Guard; ARNG (a civilian reserve component of the United States Army comprised of guardsmen who serve during overseas peacekeeping missions and during local emergencies)

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