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Militia vs Troops - What's the difference?

militia | troops |

As nouns the difference between militia and troops

is that militia is an army of trained civilians, which may be an official reserve army, called upon in time of need, the entire able-bodied population of a state which may also be called upon, or a private force not under government control while troops is plural of lang=en.

As a verb troops is

third-person singular of troop.

militia

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (in particular) An army of trained civilians, which may be an official reserve army, called upon in time of need, the entire able-bodied population of a state which may also be called upon or a private force not under government control.
  • The national police force of certain countries (e.g. Ukraine).

    • troops

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • military personnel in uniform
    • There are 10,000 troops in Iraq.

    Synonyms

    * soldiers

    Verb

    (head)
  • (troop)

    • Statistics

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