premilitary

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ military.

Adjective

premilitary (not comparable)

1. Before military service.
   • 2009 March 31, Isabel Kershner, “Israel Ends Inquiry Into Abuse in Gaza”, in New York Times‎:

     The allegations arose from the accounts of soldiers at a conference of graduates of a premilitary course at an academic college in northern Israel.