| Title | fencible |
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Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged fen·ci·ble I. \ˈfen(t)səbəl\ adjective Etymology: Middle English fensable, fensible, short for defensable, defensible — more at defensible 1. chiefly Scotland, of a man a. : capable of defending or bearing arms for his country b. : eligible for military service 2. archaic : capable of being defended < this old tower … is fencible — Sir Walter Scott > 3. : being of the corps of fencibles < fencible and militia regiments > II. noun (-s) : a soldier in a corps enlisted only for home service and for the duration of a war especially in Britain and the United States during the second half of the 18th and first half of the 19th centuries |
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