Synonyms for Militia
mɪˈlɪʃ əmili·ti·a

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1. militia, reservesnoun

   civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army

   Synonyms:
   reserves, militia

2. militianoun

   the entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service

   "their troops were untrained militia"; "Congress shall have power to provide for calling forth the militia"--United States Constitution

   Synonyms:
   reserves

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1. • Body
   • Military
   • Military Unit

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1. militianoun

   Synonyms:
   trainband

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1. militianoun

   Synonyms:
   troops, military, trainband

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1. List of paraphrases for "militia":

   militias, militiamen, guerrilla, posse, interahamwe

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1. U. S. Constitution:

   A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

2. Darrel Paue:

   Theres only one state militia and all the other ones are just a bunch of hootenannies. Theyre the ones that gives us a bad name.

3. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei:

   They wrote a letter to the Iranian foreign ministry promising not to support Daesh (Islamic State), not knowing that the evidence in photographs of their military assistance to Daesh was already in the hands of the revolutionary forces (Iraq's Shi'ite-led government and militia).

4. Elie Mystal:

   They said that they needed a Second Amendment because they needed the armed, disciplined, that was their word, militia to put down slave revolts. And they were worried that under the original Constitution, the federal government had all of the power to raise the militia. The southerners needed the militia to put down slave revolts because it’s a little bit difficult to hold people in bondage against their will.

5. Mark Pitcavage:

   The issue of extremists -- both white supremacists and anti-government extremists like the militia movement -- in the military is certainly a real problem and a perennial one. For that reason, it needs to be addressed, because the past few decades have illustrated that it will not go away on its own, we should be realistic about the extent of the problem, of course. We are talking about a small number of extremists here -- but as they can in general society, extremists in the military can cause harm disproportionate to their numbers.