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Word: Militia
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century (in sense ‘system of military discipline and tactics’): from Latin, literally ‘military service’, from miles, milit- ‘soldier’
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Phonetic Spelling:
mɪˈlɪʃə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency
Short Definition:military force that is raised from civil population
Examples:- creating a militia was no answer to the army's manpower problem
- small detachments of militia
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