Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Militia, in a general sense.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete Militia.

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Examples

  • They were supplemented by Indian allies and by the milice, the Canadian militia.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • They were supplemented by Indian allies and by the milice, the Canadian militia.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • They were supplemented by Indian allies and by the milice, the Canadian militia.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • They were supplemented by Indian allies and by the milice, the Canadian militia.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • O and it should have been their not there and I spelt milice malice Freudian slip? on March 25, 2008 at 11: 23 am | Reply anonymous

    An Ex Traffic Biker Writes: « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • There may have been a few timeservers (they got extra rations when the local population were starving), but to compare British cops with the milice, frankly, is an insult. on March 24, 2008 at 9: 39 am | Reply gilbo

    An Ex Traffic Biker Writes: « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • The milice was basically a bunch of psychopaths who assassinated and tortured there way around initially occupied, and later, Vichy France.

    An Ex Traffic Biker Writes: « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • ‘O and it should have been their not there and I spelt milice malice Freudian slip?’

    An Ex Traffic Biker Writes: « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • The priest at the school have been hiding Jewish boys at the school to prevent them from being rounded up by the milice and Nazis and sent to a concentration camp.

    Au revoir les enfants de Brantigny........................ 2008

  • Au revoir les enfants is a film about a class of boys in a Carmelite school set in Vichy I am led to this belief as a scene of the film portrays Vichy milice making a surprise identity check.

    Au revoir les enfants de Brantigny........................ 2008

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  • "fr. the soldiery or militia of the country."

    October 9, 2008