|
militia
has definitions from the field of military
|
|
| 1 |
[ noun ] (military) civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army
Synonyms Used in print (Howard Fast, April Morning....)Wherever you looked , you saw Committeemen running across the meadows , some away from the road , some toward it , some parallel to it ; and about a mile to the west a cluster of at_least fifty militia were making their way in our direction . While this was being discussed , we saw the militia to the west of us fanning_out and breaking into little clusters of two and three men as they approached the road . (Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)Her mother wrote Kate of her grief at the death of Kate 's baby and at Jonathan 's decision to go_with the South `` And , dear Kate '' , she wrote , `` poor Dr._Breckenridge 's son Robert is now organizing a militia company to go South , to his good father 's sorrow . (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)The road seemed animated with a few more wagons than usual ; a carriage raising_up the choking June dust , and beyond , in a meadow , a local militia company drilling with muskets , Kentuck ' rifles , every kind of horse pistol , old sword , or cutlass . In the meadow below , militia officers shouted at their men and on King_'s_Bridge two boys sat fishing . Related terms |
| 2 | |
| * |
|