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militia

mi.li.tia \m*-'lish-*\ \-m*n\ n [L, military service, fr. milit-, miles] 1: 
   a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in  
   emergency 2: the whole body of able-bodied male citizens declared by law as 
   being sub ject to call to military service - mi.li.tia.man n