Definition

1. Noun:
   • Militiaman / Militia member: A person who serves in a local, part-time military force, typically composed of civilians who are not full-time soldiers. This force is organized for local defense and community protection, often in rural areas, and its members usually maintain their regular production work.
   • People's militia: Refers to the collective force or the concept of such a civilian-based, localized defense organization.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Ông nội tôi từng là một dân quân trong thời chiến. (My grandfather was a militiaman during the war.)
  • Lực lượng dân quân địa phương đã giúp bảo vệ làng. (The local people's militia helped protect the village.)
  • Công việc của dân quân là kết hợp lao động sản xuất với huấn luyện quân sự. (The work of a militiaman combines productive labor with military training.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "dân quân" often implies a specific historical and organizational context, particularly associated with grassroots, community-based defense structures.
• It can be used attributively in phrases like (militia spirit) to describe a state of readiness and collective defense.

Variants and Related Words

• Dân quân tự vệ (n): A more formal and compound term for "Self-Defense Militia," often denoting the official part-time local defense force in Vietnam.
  • Anh ấy phục vụ trong lực lượng dân quân tự vệ của xã. (He serves in the commune's self-defense militia force.)

Synonyms

• Militiaman: A member of a militia.
• Reservist: A person who is a member of a military reserve force (similar in part-time nature but often more formally organized).
• Civilian soldier: Emphasizes the non-professional, civilian status.

Related Idioms

• While there are no direct idioms with "dân quân", the concept is central to phrases like (militia spirit) or (militia posture), referring to a widespread, grassroots defense strategy.

noun

1. militiaman