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militiaman

[mi-lish-uh-muhn] / mɪˈlɪʃ ə mən /
NOUN
cannon fodder
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The United States on Friday complied with a federal court order and released a former Afghan militiaman from detention in Guantánamo Bay, in a case that reflects the changing political realities of Afghanistan.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2022

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

From Slate • Nov. 22, 2021

Eventually he subbed out the grinning selfie in his Twitter profile, replacing it with the image of a colonial militiaman shouldering an AR-15 rifle.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2019

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




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