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- Dictionarymilitia/mɪˈlɪʃə/
noun
- 1. a military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency: "creating a militia was no answer to the army's manpower problem"
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Learn the meaning of militia, a military force that operates only some of the time and whose members are not soldiers in a permanent army. See how to use the word in sentences and collocations with other terms.
- English (US)
MILITIA meaning: 1. a military force whose members are...
- Militia: Arabic Translation
militia translate: ميليشيا. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Znaczenie Militia, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
militia definicja: 1. a military force whose members are...
- Militia: Korean Translation
militia translate: 민병대. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Traditional
MILITIA translate: 民兵組織;預備役部隊;國民衛隊. Learn more in the...
- Simplified
MILITIA translate: 民兵组织;预备役部队;国民自卫队. Learn more in the...
- Militia: Japanese Translation
militia translate: 市民軍（正規軍と違い、非常時だけ兵役に服する）. Learn more in...
- Militia: Italian Translation
militia translate: milizia, organizzazione paramilitare....
- English (US)
Learn the meaning of militia as a part of the organized armed forces of a country, a body of citizens for military service, or a private group of armed individuals. See examples, synonyms, etymology, and related articles.
an irregular armed force that enables its leader to exercise military, economic, or political control over a subnational territory within a sovereign state. in Russia and some countries of the former Soviet Union, an official reserve army composed of citizen soldiers known as the militsiya.
Militia is a military organization of citizens with limited training for local defense. Learn about the origins, roles, and examples of militia in different countries and historical periods.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
noun. a body of citizens enrolled for military service, and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies. a body of citizen soldiers as distinguished from professional soldiers. all able-bodied males considered by law eligible for military service.
MILITIA meaning: 1. a military force whose members are trained soldiers but who often have other jobs: 2. a…. Learn more.
Militia comes from mīlet-, Latin for "soldier," but the word now refers to a band of fighters who aren't officially soldiers. Sometimes militias add on to regular army forces, like the citizen's militias who fought alongside regular troops in the Revolutionary War.
