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militiaman

[mi-lish-uh-muhn] / mɪˈlɪʃ ə mən /
NOUN
cannon fodder
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“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

In mid-June, a self-described Virginia militiaman drove with a new acquaintance from his home in Alexandria to a former prison in the nearby town of Lorton, about 15 miles away.

From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 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

As they closed in, a Virginia militiaman galloped all night to warn Jefferson.

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

After ousting the government from Sanaa in 2015, the Houthis attempted to also seize control of Taiz but were driven out of most of the city by local militiamen.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Though government troops broke through the RSF’s blockade of Obeid last year, the militiamen are still positioned north, south and east of the city.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026

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

He put his newly formulated strategy into action, sending messages to militiamen around the country with made-up rumors he hoped would persuade them to stay home.

From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025

Sometimes Patriot militiamen would come through Redding, and usually the officers would come into the tavern for a mug of beer, but they never bothered anybody, they just went away again.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier


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