as in battalion
a group of people who are not part of the armed forces of a country but are trained like soldiers
Local militia were an important part of American forces during the Revolutionary War.
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Recent Examples of militia
The ideology of the organization closely aligns with the militia movement that spawned it in the early 2000s.
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Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026
During the rush, under California’s first governor, the state legislature funded local militias that systematically killed sixteen thousand Native Americans, opening the territory for white settlers.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Enhancing the state militia through college volunteer programs.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
Tapasco 60 Minutes Tapaso moved to the farm in the 1990s to escape violence by right-wing militias in eastern Colombia, not realizing the left-wing FARC was active around her new home.
—Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 3 May 2026
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Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026
During the rush, under California’s first governor, the state legislature funded local militias that systematically killed sixteen thousand Native Americans, opening the territory for white settlers.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Enhancing the state militia through college volunteer programs.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
Tapasco 60 Minutes Tapaso moved to the farm in the 1990s to escape violence by right-wing militias in eastern Colombia, not realizing the left-wing FARC was active around her new home.
—Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 3 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for militia
Noun
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The battalion chief on scene called for additional crews, but the fire was quickly knocked down, the department said.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
11 May 2026
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An Israeli military battalion that assaulted and detained a CNN team in the occupied West Bank has been redeployed after a one-month suspension, an Israeli security source told CNN.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Bernthal turns into a one-man army whose hardship somehow protects him from the pain, giving him the resolve to push through any attacker.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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Five days before Jefferson arrived, on June 15, 1775, Adams had nominated another delegate from Virginia, George Washington, to command that army.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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That lack of sentimentality persists throughout — through the war wherein the architect gets shipped to the Eastern Front and his wife must find a way to survive an occupation in her house of Soviet soldiers, and right up to the final section.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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Cabrera carefully handed bags of belongings to soldiers escorting a small group of families returning home to gather their things.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 May 2026
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However, Transnistria’s breakaway government relies heavily on Moscow and the region is home to a military base with 1,500 Russian troops.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 May 2026
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Israeli troops on Thursday shot and killed a 15-year-old boy in Eastern Lubban town in Nablus, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.—
Samy Magdy,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2026
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“Militia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/militia. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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