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Eight colonial militiamen, also known as minutemen, were killed and others were wounded.
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Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Somali leaders estimated that the battle killed 312 of their militiamen and citizens and injured 814 others.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
About 120 Black militiamen took part on the rebel American side in the battle at Bunker Hill in April, 1775.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 29 Mar. 2025
With the exception of Whigham’s puckish, entertaining Bridger, the trappers, soldiers, bounty hunters and militiamen feel like extras from one Sam Peckinpah film or another.
—Mike Hale, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Somali leaders estimated that the battle killed 312 of their militiamen and citizens and injured 814 others.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
About 120 Black militiamen took part on the rebel American side in the battle at Bunker Hill in April, 1775.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 29 Mar. 2025
With the exception of Whigham’s puckish, entertaining Bridger, the trappers, soldiers, bounty hunters and militiamen feel like extras from one Sam Peckinpah film or another.
—Mike Hale, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Militiaman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/militiaman. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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militiaman
noun
mi·li·tia·man
mə-ˈlish-ə-mən 
: a member of a militia
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