mi·li·tia
noun/məˈlɪʃə/
/məˈlɪʃə/
[singular + singular or plural verb]- a group of people who are not professional soldiers but who have had military training and can act as an army
民兵组织；国民卫队 - He said he would call out the state militia if the rebels did not surrender.
他说如果反叛分子拒不投降，他就要出动州国民自卫队。 - The anarchists started to form volunteer militias.
无政府主义者开始组建义勇军。 - a highly armed militia
高度武装的民兵
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- armed
- volunteer
- local
- …
- join
- serve in
- organize
- …
- company
- forces
- group
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘military service’, from miles, milit- ‘soldier’. - He said he would call out the state militia if the rebels did not surrender.