militia
- IPA[mɪˈlɪʃə]
英式
- a military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency;a military force that engages in rebel or terrorist activities in opposition to a regular army.
noun: militia, plural noun: militias
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency creating a militia was no answer to the army's manpower problem small detachments of militia
- ▪ a military force that engages in rebel or terrorist activities in opposition to a regular army.
- ▪ (in the US) all able-bodied citizens eligible by law to be called on to provide military service supplementary to the regular armed forces.
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- IPA[məˈliSHə]
美式
- a military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an ... creating a militia was no answer to the army's manpower problem small detachments of militia
Oxford American Dictionary