MILITIAMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does militiaman mean? 

• MILITIAMAN (noun)
  The noun MILITIAMAN has 1 sense:

1. a member of the militia; serves only during emergencies

  Familiarity information: MILITIAMAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MILITIAMAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the militia; serves only during emergencies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("militiaman" is a kind of...):

soldier (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "militiaman"):

Minuteman (an American militiaman prior to and during the American Revolution)

trainbandsman (a member of a trainband)

Holonyms ("militiaman" is a member of...):

militia; reserves (civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army)