Landwehr

From German Landwehr, from Land (“land, country”) + Wehr (“defense”).

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Landwehr (plural Landwehrs)

1. (historical) A segment of the armed forces of Germany, Austria, or Switzerland, often made up of older people, used for defense of the homeland.

• Landsturm

• “Landwehr”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• “Landwehr” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache