territorials
Civilian volunteer defenders
Members of a territorial military force—citizen soldiers who train part-time and serve primarily for local or national defense rather than as professional troops.
The term is most associated with Britain's Territorial Army (now Army Reserve): The territorials were called up during the war.
Distinguished from regular army soldiers by their civilian occupations and limited training schedules.
Non-professional armed force
- volunteersUnpaid willing workers
- reservistsPart-time armed forces members
- part-timeLimited work schedule
- weekend warriorsRecreational athletes, only occasionally
enlistment · mobilization · activation · call-up · deployment · home guard · auxiliary · conscription
Colonel-led military unit
- battalionMid-sized military unit
- brigadeLarge military unit
- companyCommercial enterprise or guests
- platoonSmall infantry formation
squadron · division · corps · infantry · artillery · cavalry · detachment · formation
Relating to an area
- provincialRegional or narrow-minded
- districtBounded administrative area
- home defenseProtecting one's residence
- nativeOriginating from a place
homeland · domestic · parish · borough · neighborhood · community · grassroots · area
Obstacle blocking a path
- trenchesElongated ground excavations
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
- strongholdFortified place of defense
- garrisonStationed military force
bastion · rampart · citadel · redoubt · entrenchment · parapet · palisade · battlements
militia
Non-professional armed force
- volunteersUnpaid willing workers
- reservistsPart-time armed forces members
- part-timeLimited work schedule
weekend warriors · enlistment · mobilization · activation · call-up · deployment · home guard · auxiliary · conscription · draft
regiment
Colonel-led military unit
platoon · squadron · division · corps · infantry · artillery · cavalry · detachment · formation · troop
regional
Relating to an area
- provincialRegional or narrow-minded
- districtBounded administrative area
- home defenseProtecting one's residence
native · homeland · domestic · parish · borough · neighborhood · community · grassroots · area · sector
barricade
Obstacle blocking a path
- trenchesElongated ground excavations
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
- strongholdFortified place of defense
garrison · bastion · rampart · citadel · redoubt · entrenchment · parapet · palisade · battlements · defensive positions
territorialsregulars
Habitual visitors
regular army · standing army · active duty · career soldiers · professionals
- territorial disputeConflict over land boundaries
- territorial claimsAssertions of regional sovereignty
- territorial conflictsDisputes over land ownership
- territorial watersSovereign coastal sea zone
- territorial instinctDrive to defend one's domain
- territorial expansionIncreasing a state's domain
territorial, territoriality, territorially, extraterritorial, territorialism, territorialized, territorializes, extraterritoriality, nonterritorial