RESERVES

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does reserves mean? 

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

1. civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESERVES (noun)

Meaning:

Civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

militia; reserves

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

force; military force; military group; military unit (a unit that is part of some military service)

Meronyms (members of "reserves"):

militiaman (a member of the militia; serves only during emergencies)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

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

SA; Storm Troops; Sturmarbeiteilung (Nazi militia created by Hitler in 1921 that helped him to power but was eclipsed by the SS after 1943)

trainband (a company of militia in England or America from the 16th century to the 18th century)

territorial; territorial reserve (a territorial military unit)