| militia | | |
| n. (group) | 1. militia, reserves | civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army. |
| ~ military force, military group, military unit, force | a unit that is part of some military service.; "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men" |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ territorial reserve, territorial | a territorial military unit. |
| ~ militiaman | a member of the militia; serves only during emergencies. |
| n. (group) | 2. militia | 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" |
| ~ body | a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity.; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body" |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
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