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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

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

“I don’t know what to do. Cry? Laugh? I just can’t believe I’m here,” said Khaled Shamoun, a 52-year old militiaman, looking up at the cross as a soldier rang the nearby church bell. 

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2016

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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