ALL meanings of militia
mi·li·tia
M m - noun militia A military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency. 1
- noun militia a body of citizens enrolled for military service, and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies. 1
- noun militia a body of citizen soldiers as distinguished from professional soldiers. 1
- noun militia all able-bodied males considered by law eligible for military service. 1
- noun militia a body of citizens organized in a paramilitary group and typically regarding themselves as defenders of individual rights against the presumed interference of the federal government. 1
- noun militia citizen soldiers 1
- noun militia paramilitary group 1
- countable noun militia A militia is an organization that operates like an army but whose members are not professional soldiers. 0
- noun militia a body of citizen (as opposed to professional) soldiers 0
- noun militia an organization containing men enlisted for service in emergency only 0
- noun militia any military force 0
- noun militia later, any army composed of citizens rather than professional soldiers, called up in time of emergency 0
- noun militia in the U.S., all able-bodied male citizens between 18 and 45 years old who are not already members of the regular armed forces: members of the National Guard and of the Reserves (of the Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, Navy, and Marine Corps) constitute the organized militia; all others, the unorganized militia 0
- noun militia any of various disaffected groups of citizens that are organized as to resemble an army and that oppose the authority of the federal government 0