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Definitions of militia in various dictionaries:
noun - civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army
noun - the entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service
An army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers.
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| Possible Jeopardy Clues |
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| "A well regulated ____, being necessary to the security of a free state" |
| A citizen army called for service in an emergency |
| The 2nd Amendment says a "well-regulated" one of these is "necessary to the security of a free state" |
| The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution mentions "a well regulated" one of these |
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| a military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency. |
| civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army |
| the entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service |
| a military force whose members are trained soldiers but who often have other jobs: |
| a military force that operates only some of the time and whose members are not soldiers in a permanent army: |
| An army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers. |
| A military force that is not part of a regular army and is subject to call for service in an emergency. |
| The whole body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service. |
| Militia description |
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A militia is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional soldiers, citizens of a nation, or subjects of a state, who can be called upon for military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of regular, full-time military personnel, or historically, members of a warrior nobility class (e.g., knights or samurai). Generally unable to hold ground against regular forces, it is common for militias to be used for aiding regular troops by skirmishing, holding fortifications, or irregular warfare, instead of being used in offensive campaigns by themselves. Militia are often limited by local civilian laws to serve only in their home region, and to serve only for a limited time; this further reduces their use in long military campaigns. * With the emergence of professional forces (in the form of mercenaries whose livelihood was military service) during the Renaissance, Western European militias wilted; later however, they would be revived as p |