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MILITIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army
Synonyms:
militia; reserves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("militia" is a kind of...):
force; military force; military group; military unit (a unit that is part of some military service)
Meronyms (parts of "militia"):
territorial; territorial reserve (a territorial military unit)
Meronyms (members of "militia"):
militiaman (a member of the militia; serves only during emergencies)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "militia"):
SA; Storm Troops; Sturmabteilung (Nazi militia created by Hitler in 1921 that helped him to power but was eclipsed by the SS after 1943)
trainband (a company of militia in England or America from the 16th century to the 18th century)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service
Example:
Congress shall have power to provide for calling forth the militia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("militia" is a kind of...):
body (a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
