{
    "term": "militia",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a group of people who are not professional soldiers but who have had military training and can act as an army",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He said he would call out the state militia if the rebels did not surrender."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The anarchists started to form volunteer militias."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a highly armed militia"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The militia was/were there to enforce order."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["War and conflict"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["armed", "volunteer", "local"],
                "verb + militia": ["join", "serve in", "organize"],
                "militia + noun": ["company", "forces", "group"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈlɪʃə/",
                "audio": "mi/militia/militia__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈlɪʃə/",
                "audio": "mi/militia/militia__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘military service’, from miles, milit- ‘soldier’."
}