militia

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noun

1. civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army (Freq. 5)
• Syn:
reserves
• Topics:
military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
• Hypernyms:
military unit, military force, military group, force
• Hyponyms:
SA, Sturmabteilung, Storm Troops, trainband
• Member Meronyms:
militiaman
• Part Meronyms:
territorial, territorial reserve
2. the entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service
- their troops were untrained militia
- "Congress shall have power to provide for calling forth the militia"--United States Constitution
• Topics:
military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
• Hypernyms:
body