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militiaman

[mi-lish-uh-muhn] / mɪˈlɪʃ ə mən /
NOUN
cannon fodder
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“None of us will be afraid when the moment comes to defend our country from foreign aggression,” said Orlando López, 54, a grandfather and proud militiaman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2025

“Everyone coming has their own technical equipment and knows how to use it,” the militiaman wrote in an encrypted message to his leader.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2022

Another video captured a militiaman recounting a purported conversation with police.

From Slate ● Nov. 22, 2021

Columnist Ralph Peters once wrote that “the laid off blue-collar worker in America and the Taliban militiaman in Afghanistan are brothers in suffering,” while others want to consign them to the soft shackles of the...

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2018

Laila saw a look pass between Wakil and the militiaman.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

Later he tried to build civil society in war-torn Iraq and Libya and was briefly kidnapped by Tuareg militiamen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

Jamal Awadh, a soft-spoken 60-year-old who serves as an administrator in the shrine, said many residents feared what might happen when control of the town passed from Shiite militiamen to Sunni rebels last month.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2025

At the very least, going public could make militiamen more suspicious of each other.

From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025

They would be militiamen, not soldiers, they were told.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2024

Ball fearlessly helped defend the nation’s capital even as white militiamen fled.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis


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