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fencible†
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a militiaman having obligations to serve in his home region only.
Quotations
1805
Lieut. Colonel Shank and several Officers of the Canadian Fencibles have arrived with intent to commence raising men immediately.
1896
His three hundred men were the Canadian fencibles and Voltigeurs.
1949
In the meantime their departure left New Brunswick undefended, so General Coffin raised a regiment of Fencibles--so called because they enlisted for home defence only.