Militia

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers.
  • n. A military force that is not part of a regular army and is subject to call for service in an emergency.
  • n. The whole body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. this sense?) An army.
  • n. An army of trained civilians, which may be an official reserve army, called upon in time of need, the entire able-bodied population of a state which may also be called upon, or a private force not under government control.
  • n. The national police force of certain countries (e.g. Russia, Ukraine).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. In the widest sense, the whole military force of a nation, including both those engaged in military service as a business, and those competent and available for such service; specifically, the body of citizens enrolled for military instruction and discipline, but not subject to be called into actual service except in emergencies.
  • n. Military service; warfare.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Military service; warfare.
  • n. Soldiery; militants collectively.
  • n. Hence The whole body of men declared by law amenable to military service, without enlistment, whether armed and drilled or not.
  • n. A body of men enrolled and drilled according to military law, as an armed force, but not as regular soldiers, and called out in emergency for actual service and periodically for drill and exercise.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service
  • n. civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army
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    infantry    volunteer    regiment    troop    marine    garrison    police    rebel    insurgent    navy