militia

Word family noun militancy militant the military militia militarism militarist militiamanadjective military militant militaristic militarized adverb militantly militarily

Related topics: Military

mi·li·tia /məˈlɪʃə/ noun [countableC]

PMa group of people trained as soldiers, who are not part of the permanent army 民兵队伍，国民自卫队

He joined the local militia as soon as he was 16.

他一到16岁就加入了当地民兵队伍。

a militia leader

民兵组织的领导人

a left-wing militia group

左翼民兵团体

Examples from the Corpus

militia• The colonists' principal instrument of slave control was the local militia.• In the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794, the governor of Pennsylvania refused to call out the state militia.• The governor called out the militia, but it arrived too late.• It stated that the militias should dissolve by April 20,1991.• The militia would temporarily be in the hands of Parliament.• He left in 1803 without taking a degree and spent three years in a Wiltshire militia regiment.• Resistance from left-wing militia forces and loyalist Civil and Assault Guards was intermittently intense but incapable of seriously holding up the advance.

Origin militia

(1500-1600) Latin “military service”, from miles; → MILITARY1

词汇	militia
释义	militia Word family noun militancy militant the military militia militarism militarist militiamanadjective military militant militaristic militarized adverb militantly militarily Related topics: Military mi·li·tia /məˈlɪʃə/ ●○○ noun [countableC] PMa group of people trained as soldiers, who are not part of the permanent army 民兵队伍，国民自卫队 He joined the local militia as soon as he was 16. 他一到16岁就加入了当地民兵队伍。 a militia leader 民兵组织的领导人 a left-wing militia group 左翼民兵团体 Examples from the Corpus militia• The colonists' principal instrument of slave control was the local militia.• In the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794, the governor of Pennsylvania refused to call out the state militia.• The governor called out the militia, but it arrived too late.• It stated that the militias should dissolve by April 20,1991.• The militia would temporarily be in the hands of Parliament.• He left in 1803 without taking a degree and spent three years in a Wiltshire militia regiment.• Resistance from left-wing militia forces and loyalist Civil and Assault Guards was intermittently intense but incapable of seriously holding up the advance. Origin militia (1500-1600) Latin “military service”, from miles; → MILITARY1
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