Word: militias
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: mi
li
tias
Definition: Plural of militia; civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army
Morphemes:
Affix: militia
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An army of trained civilians, which may be an official reserve army, called upon in time of need, the entire able-bodied population of a state which may also be called upon, or a private force not under government control.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: mīles
Language: la
Decoded: miles
Meaning: soldier
Affix: -ia
Language: la
Decoded: -ia
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually from an adjective or a present participle stem, and occasionally from a root noun.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.