Definitions for militias

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militias mi·li·tia

Spelling: [mi-lish-uh]

IPA: /mɪˈlɪʃ ə/

Militias is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 189 anagrams from letters in militias (aiiilmst).

Definitions for militias

noun

1. a body of citizens enrolled for military service, and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies.
2. a body of citizen soldiers as distinguished from professional soldiers.
3. all able-bodied males considered by law eligible for military service.
4. a body of citizens organized in a paramilitary group and typically regarding themselves as defenders of individual rights against the presumed interference of the federal government.

Origin of militias

1580-90; Latin mīlitia soldiery, equivalent to mīlit- (stem of mīles) soldier + -ia -ia

Examples for militias

Islamist brigades including Suqur al-Sham, a 9,000-strong militia, are openly breaking with Western-favored rebel factions.

From north and east and west the militia of the counties was on its march against us.

I beg you will encourage the militia and engage them to continue their exertions.

I thought ye might belong to Portman's yellow regiment of militia.

“They are army, not militia,” the sheik repeated throughout our conversation.

But there is a middle way from clean-cut hunkdom to looking like a militia leader who might boil a hitchhiker alive.

From the militia perspective, the Shia factions in Iraq break down as follows.

They censured the mayor for his weakness and called for the militia.

We now marched through a settled country, with some militia for our guards.

Spending millions on speech is more like raising your own militia.