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fencible † Hist. 
n. a militiaman having obligations to serve in his home region only.
- 1805 Lieut. Colonel Shank and several Officers of the Canadian Fencibles have arrived with intent to commence raising men immediately.
- 1896 His three hundred men were the Canadian fencibles and Voltigeurs.
- 1949 In the meantime their departure left New Brunswick undefended, so General Coffin raised a regiment of Fencibles--so called because they enlisted for home defence only.
- 1805 Lieut. Colonel Shank and several Officers of the Canadian Fencibles have arrived with intent to commence raising men immediately.