local militia
- vigilanteExtralegal justice-seeker
- volunteerUnpaid willing participant
- armedCarrying weapons
- defendersThose who shield others
- townsmenMale community members
insurgent · irregular · posse · minutemen · rebel · patriot · muster · rifles · homeland · uprising · resistance · guerrilla · citizen · self-defense · frontier · outpost · garrison · guardsmen
- military forcesarmy, allied forces, soldiers, troops, coalition forces
- auxiliary forcesauxiliaries, support units, colonial troops, native troops, mercenaries
military organization type
local militiastanding army
Continuously maintained military force
professional army · regular army · continental army · imperial army · conscript army
geographic scope
local militiafederal forces
Central government's armed personnel
multinational force · expeditionary force · NATO forces · UN peacekeepers · imperial army