militia
noun /məˈlɪʃə/
/məˈlɪʃə/
[singular + singular or plural verb]- a group of people who are not professional soldiers but who have had military training and can act as an army
- He said he would call out the state militia if the rebels did not surrender.
- The anarchists started to form volunteer militias.
- a highly armed militia
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- armed
- volunteer
- local
- …
- join
- serve in
- organize
- …
- company
- forces
- group
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘military service’, from miles, milit- ‘soldier’.