militia

Word family  noun militancy militant the military militia militarism militarist adjective military militant militaristic militarized adverb militantly militarily

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mi·li·tia /məˈlɪʃə/ ●○○ noun [countable]  PMa group of people trained as soldiers, who are not part of the permanent army 民兵队伍，国民自卫队 He joined the local militia as soon as he was 16. 他一到16岁就加入了当地民兵队伍。 a militia leader 民兵组织的领导人 a left-wing militia group 左翼民兵团体

Examples from the Corpus

militia• The colonists' principal instrument of slave control was the local militia.• In the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794, the governor of Pennsylvania refused to call out the state militia.• The governor called out the militia, but it arrived too late.• It stated that the militias should dissolve by April 20,1991.• The militia would temporarily be in the hands of Parliament.• He left in 1803 without taking a degree and spent three years in a Wiltshire militia regiment.• Resistance from left-wing militia forces and loyalist Civil and Assault Guards was intermittently intense but incapable of seriously holding up the advance.Origin militia (1500-1600) Latin “military service”, from miles; → MILITARY1

mi·li·tia nounChineseSyllable  

soldiers, a trained as group of people Corpus

militia
mi‧li‧tia /məˈlɪʃə, mɪˈlɪʃə/ noun [countable]a group of people trained as soldiers, who are not part of the permanent army:
    He joined the local militia as soon as he was 16.
    a militia leader
    a left-wing militia group

mili·tiaBrE /məˈlɪʃə/ 🔊NAmE /məˈlɪʃə/ 🔊 noun [singular + singular or plural verb] a group of people who are not professional soldiers but who have had military training and can act as an army 民兵组织；国民卫队