militia
a body of citizens enrolled for military service, and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies.
a body of citizen soldiers as distinguished from professional soldiers.
all able-bodied males considered by law eligible for military service.
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 militia
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How to use militia in a sentence
It’s that context, of deeply skeptical, gun-toting citizens fighting off what they see as government overreach, that explains how local militias can attract such zealous followers.
The Rise of American Militias, From Timothy McVeigh to Kyle Rittenhouse | Nick Fouriezos | September 6, 2020 | OzyOn the ground, the videographer chats with other people he identifies as part of “the militia” — including an eager and excited-looking kid who tells the videographer his name is Kyle.
How Trump And COVID-19 Have Reshaped The Modern Militia Movement | Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux | September 4, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightThe key to understanding that movement’s role in the chaos of 2020 is knowing just how difficult it can be to pin down what apparent militia members believe — much less how they’re connected to each other and the broader movement.
How Trump And COVID-19 Have Reshaped The Modern Militia Movement | Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux | September 4, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightThe same messages were echoing across internet forums and Facebook groups, including among more loosely organized corners of the militia movement, prompting people who weren’t part of formal militia groups to show up.
How Trump And COVID-19 Have Reshaped The Modern Militia Movement | Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux | September 4, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightStill, Zuckerberg said the Kenosha Guard page and event that the group had posted violated a policy Facebook had put in place a couple of weeks ago banning militia and QAnon groups that may intend to organize violence.
Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook made an ‘operational mistake’ with Kenosha militia group | Danielle Abril | August 28, 2020 | Fortune
“She was hot-headed, had her own way of doing things,” Gill said—and so, he left to form a separate militia group.
Spending millions on speech is more like raising your own militia.
Undo Citizens United? We’d Only Scratch the Surface | Jedediah Purdy | November 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIslamist brigades including Suqur al-Sham, a 9,000-strong militia, are openly breaking with Western-favored rebel factions.
Spies Warned White House: Don’t Hit Al Qaeda in Syria | Shane Harris, Jamie Dettmer | November 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJobbik, whose paramilitary militia faction was banned in 2009, won 20 percent of the national vote in April.
In Hands of Hungarian Artist, Jewish Home Movies of the ’30s a Warning of Coming Holocaust | Daniel Genis | October 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFrom the militia perspective, the Shia factions in Iraq break down as follows.
The New Iraq War Could Be Won or Lost This Month by Baghdad Politics | Bartle Bull | October 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDuring the summer of 1862 between forty and fifty thousand loyal State militia were organized.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnBritish repulsed by maj. Finney of the Accomac militia, at Pongoteague creek.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellSome armed vessels were, however, speedily despatched from Rio, and a detachment of militia from St. Paul's.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamSome people indeed talked as if a militia could achieve nothing great.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayThe finest militia that ever existed was probably that of Italy in the third century before Christ.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulay
British Dictionary definitions for militia
/ (mɪˈlɪʃə) /
a body of citizen (as opposed to professional) soldiers
an organization containing men enlisted for service in emergency only
Origin of militia
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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