noun
United States military reserves recruited by the states and equipped by the federal government; subject to call by either (Freq. 2)
• Syn: ↑home reserve
• Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine
• Hypernyms: ↑territorial, ↑territorial reserve
• Hyponyms: ↑Air National Guard, ↑ANG, ↑Army National Guard, ↑ARNG
• Member Meronyms: ↑guardsman, ↑territorial
• Part Meronyms: ↑National Guard Bureau, ↑NGB
Useful english dictionary. 2012.