militia
generally refers to an army or other fighting force that is composed of non-professional fighters
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Summary
militia ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,331 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: military reserve force[2], paramilitary organization[3], irregular military[4], armed non-state actor[5]
- Commons category: Militias[6]
- Has part(s): Islamic resistance[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Militias[8]
- Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[9], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[13], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15], The American Cyclopædia[16], The New Student's Reference Work[17], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[18]
- Different from: militsiya[19]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies[20]
Why It Matters
militia has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] militia is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]