English noun: militia | |||
1. | militia (group) civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army | ||
Synonyms | reserves | ||
Broader (hypernym) | force, military force, military group, military unit | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | SA, Storm Troops, Sturmabteilung, trainband | ||
Part holonym | territorial, territorial reserve | ||
Member holonym | militiaman | ||
Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
2. | militia (group) the entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service | ||
Samples | Their troops were untrained militia. Congress shall have power to provide for calling forth the militia. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | body | ||
Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||