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National Guard

in the U.S., the organized militia forces of the individual states, a component of the Army of the U.S. when called into active federal service

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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