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Regular troops

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troops of a standing or permanent army; - opposed to militia.

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Though this was a matter of course in the case of regular troops, even to Barnaby, there was something particularly impressive and disconcerting in it to one accustomed to the noise and tumult of an undisciplined mob.
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A hell of a chance you'd have against regular troops and machine guns," Billy retorted.
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Section Nine, that the militia, when called into the actual service of the United States, shall be subject to the same rules and articles of war as the regular troops of the United States.
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