militia unit

collocation in English

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militia
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/mɪˈlɪʃ.ə/us
/məˈlɪʃ.ə/
a military force whose members are trained soldiers but who often have ...
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unit
noun
uk
/ˈjuː.nɪt/us
/ˈjuː.nɪt/
a single thing or a separate part of ...
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(Definition ofmilitiaandunitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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As amilitiaunit, the regiment was manned by male citizens aged between 15 and 55.
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It is the second-oldestmilitiaunitin the country.
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It survived sieges, and was amilitiaunitfor two centuries.
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In the closing days of the war, he joined a localmilitiaunit.
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Eachmilitiaunithad its armory close to one of the large railroad stations.
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But more than this, many militia units were directly funded and equipped by big industrialists or associations of businessmen.
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His father was amilitiaunitbandmaster.
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Community militia units are needed and can be linked to community early warning networks, and further linked horizontally to similar units in other communities.
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The militia units generally became organizations for recruiting, induction and preliminary training.
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The uniform for these militia units varied by each company through a single county or parish, let alone the country itself.
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There was some evidence that local commanders had not responded energetically to their responsibility for training and supervising militia units.
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Army and militia units still faced resistance in certain parts of the town.
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The militia units were headed by nacoms, hereditary war chiefs, that employed ritual as well as strategic methods in warfare.
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Both sides mobilized militia units, and rioting and fighting bloodied the streets.
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The militia units were fully activated in late 1941, and additional such formations were established in 1942.
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Limited conscription for local militia units was widely resented and only enforced in times of emergency.
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Militia units were reportedly generously equipped with arms, transport, and uniforms.
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Yet, as early as the 1790s, the mandatory universal militia duty evolved gradually to voluntary militia units and a reliance on a regular army.
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Dannevig also organized local militia units in the surrounding areas.
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