From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishTerritorial Army, thethe Territorial ArmyˌTerritorial ˈArmy, the PMAa military force of people in Britain who train as soldiers in their free time SYN TA → National Guard
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Territorial Army, the• He was a permanent staff instructor attached to a local Territorial Army unit.• I fear that, if we do not do that, we will not put the Territorial Army on a proper basis.• In that way we were able to double our Territorial Army forces very quickly.• Lyons was knighted in 1911 for supervising the catering arrangements for the Territorial Army.• We had disagreements in the House about the number of Territorial Army personnel that were serving in the Gulf.• As a Territorial Army officer with a squadron of soldiers from Birkenhead, he knew of the town's high unemployment rate. 