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What is another word for territorials?

Pronunciation: [tˌɛɹɪtˈɔːɹɪəlz] (IPA)

Territorials is a term that can be used to describe soldiers who are enlisted in a territorial army, as well as pertaining to territorial boundaries of a particular region or country. There are several synonyms that can be used to replace the term territorials, depending on the context of its usage. For instance, territorial army can be replaced with reserve army, auxiliary army, or national guard, while territorial boundaries can be substituted with boundary lines, borders, or frontiers. The word territorial is highly versatile, and its synonyms can be used interchangeably to convey similar meanings and concepts.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Territorials

And in like manner the conversation rose and dwindled, and we returned to our papers, paying no more attention to the territorials stationed along the rails.
"My Home In The Field of Honor"
Frances Wilson Huard
I have dealt so far with the centre of the attack, and I know very little as to the fighting on the north by the 5th Army, except that the Highlanders, London territorials, Lancashire and Liverpool battalions, and Scots and South-Africans have swept past a whole system of blockhouses, like Beck House and Borry Farm, running up through Gallipoli, Kansas Cross, and Wurst Farm, across the Langemarck-Zonnebeke road.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs
Some London territorials had to repel part of the assaulting waves, after a gallant struggle for their objectives, and one young officer among them earned special honour by gathering a company of men together and leading them against the advancing enemy, whom they scattered with bombs and rifles.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs

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