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militia
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
an organized army of citizen-soldiers distinct from the regular army and trained on a part-time basis as a reserve force for service in time of national need.
Quotations
1816
. . . her son had served in the militia, in token of which he was most obstreperously loyal, both in speech and song, during the whole evening.
1890
The Militia Department were preparing, he said, for an insurrection of the Equal Righters, Orangemen, Jesuits and Opposition Members of the House combined.
1964
Regular army men tend to question the militia's professionalism, and with some reason.