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militia 
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.
- 1816 (1818) . . . 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.
- 1816 (1818) . . . 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.