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- Dictionarymi·li·tia/məˈliSHə/
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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A militia (/ mɪˈlɪʃə / mil-ISH-ə) [1] is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non- professional or part-time soldiers; citizens of a country, or subjects of a state, who may perform military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of regular, full-time military personnel; or, historically, to members...
The meaning of MILITIA is a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency. How to use militia in a sentence.
MILITIA definition: 1. a military force whose members are trained soldiers but who often have other jobs: 2. a…. Learn more.
Militia, military organization of citizens with limited military training, which is available for emergency service, usually for local defense. Militia forces constitute today the bulk of the armed forces available for emergency service in Switzerland, Israel, Sweden, and several other countries.
MILITIA meaning: 1. a military force whose members are trained soldiers but who often have other jobs: 2. a…. Learn more.
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.
1. a body of citizens enrolled for military service, called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies. 2. a body of citizen soldiers as distinguished from professional soldiers. 3. all able-bodied males eligible by law for military service.
A militia is a band of civilians trained to do army type business, without officially joining the army. Militia comes from mīlet-, Latin for "soldier," but the word now refers to a band of fighters who aren't officially soldiers.
militia. noun. /məˈlɪʃə/. /məˈlɪʃə/. [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. He said he would call out the state militia if the rebels did not surrender.
MILITIA definition: 1. a group of people who have been trained as soldiers but are not part of a country's official…. Learn more.
