militia

/mɪˈlɪʃ.ə/

Definition

› a military force that only operates for some of the time and whose members often have other jobs: A UN force was sent in to stop fighting between three rival militias. The government called out the militia to help cope with the rioting.Parts of armies and groups of servicemen

(Definition of militia noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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