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troops guarding or attending a sovereign or a sovereign's residence.[1705-15]
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Household troops — Household House hold , a. Belonging to the house and family; domestic; as, household furniture; household affairs. [1913 Webster] {Household bread}, bread made in the house for common use; hence, bread that is not of the finest quality. [Obs.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Household Troops Band — The Household Troops Band (HTB) is a brass band of the Salvation Army HistoryIn the early Summer of 1885 there was a Great Kent March by Salvation Army Officer Cadets. They were known as Life Guards and the march was headed by a band of 25 brass… … Wikipedia
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household troops — noun plural Date: 1711 troops appointed to attend and guard a sovereign or the residence of a sovereign … New Collegiate Dictionary
household troops — plural noun (in the UK) troops nominally employed to guard the sovereign … English new terms dictionary
Household Division — is a term used principally in the Commonwealth of Nations to describe a country’s most elite or historically senior military units, or those military units that provide ceremonial or protective functions associated directly with the Head of state … Wikipedia
Household — House hold , a. Belonging to the house and family; domestic; as, household furniture; household affairs. [1913 Webster] {Household bread}, bread made in the house for common use; hence, bread that is not of the finest quality. [Obs.] {Household… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Household bread — Household House hold , a. Belonging to the house and family; domestic; as, household furniture; household affairs. [1913 Webster] {Household bread}, bread made in the house for common use; hence, bread that is not of the finest quality. [Obs.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Household gods — Household House hold , a. Belonging to the house and family; domestic; as, household furniture; household affairs. [1913 Webster] {Household bread}, bread made in the house for common use; hence, bread that is not of the finest quality. [Obs.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
