militiaman

noun mi·li·tia·man \ -mən \

|Updated on: 15 Aug 2018

Definition of militiaman

: a member of a militia

Recent Examples of militiaman from the Web

Iran is one of Assad's strongest backers and has sent thousands of troops and allied militiamen to support his forces.

— bassem mroue, chicagotribune.com, "Chemical weapons watchdog to send inspectors to Syria," 10 Apr. 2018
Iran is one of Assad's strongest backers and has sent thousands of troops and allied militiamen to support his forces.

— samuel chamberlain, Fox News, "Russia vetoes US resolution on Syria gas attack," 10 Apr. 2018
Last weekend, these militiamen crushed the protests in Jinotepe and Diriamba, two cities south of the capital, ransacking churches and leaving more than 30 dead in the area, according to human rights groups.

— joshua partlow, chicagotribune.com, "Inside the church where Nicaraguan paramilitaries laid siege on university students," 14 July 2018
British troops, weary of fighting the Shiite militia called the Mahdi Army, transferred control to Iraqi authorities in 2007, and a year later government forces ousted the militiamen from the city.

— nabih bulos, latimes.com, "Basra was once a jewel of a city. Now it's a symbol what's wrong in Iraq," 17 June 2018
Emirati forces are leading ground forces mixed with their own troops, irregular militiamen and soldiers backing Yemen's exiled government.

— ahmed al-haj, Fox News, "Yemeni officials say fighting rages around Hodeida airport," 19 June 2018
Emirati forces are leading ground forces mixed with their own troops, irregular militiamen and soldiers backing Yemen's exiled government.

— NBC News, "Saudi-led forces seize airport in Yemen port city of Hodeida," 16 June 2018
Meanwhile, Turkey has been pushing Washington to get Syrian Kurdish militiamen out of the town of Manbij and across the Euphrates River to its eastern bank.

— Washington Post, "Syrian Kurdish officials say group ready to talk to Damascus," 6 June 2018
That day, all around the officers, camouflaged militiamen armed with semiautomatic weapons skulked through the crowd of men, women, and kids who’d gathered.

— leah sottile, Longreads, "Bundyville Chapter One: A War in the Desert," 15 May 2018

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