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Recent Examples of militiaman
The Marquis de Morès was the first leader in the West to emerge on the political stage as a populist, an antisemite, and (though the word did not yet exist) a fascist militiaman, all at once.
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Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
Reinforcements arrived: 200 Virginia militiamen and 100 British regulars.
—Christopher Magra, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2026
But his top generals and his cadre of Basij militiamen and other security forces remain loyal.
—Hooman Majd, Time, 5 Feb. 2026
In 2014, Bundy and his father, Cliven, marshaled about 1,000 militiamen and other supporters to repel government agents trying to impound their cattle in Bunkerville, Nevada.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2026
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Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
Reinforcements arrived: 200 Virginia militiamen and 100 British regulars.
—Christopher Magra, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2026
But his top generals and his cadre of Basij militiamen and other security forces remain loyal.
—Hooman Majd, Time, 5 Feb. 2026
In 2014, Bundy and his father, Cliven, marshaled about 1,000 militiamen and other supporters to repel government agents trying to impound their cattle in Bunkerville, Nevada.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for militiaman
Noun
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The law allows guardsmen to make arrests in specific situations, but they're primarily tasked with keeping the peace and providing logistical support.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
27 Feb. 2026
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With the nearest remaining protesters 20 yards from the Guard troops and most more than 60 yards away, 28 guardsmen inexplicably fired on students, killing four students and wounding nine others.—
Gregory P. Magarian,
The Conversation,
19 Feb. 2026
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Prometheus got something of a rehab a few years ago, and a while after that, a couple of guerrilla artists stuck an outsized meth pipe in his hand.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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President Javier Milei’s government has called for a broader account that also includes victims of left-wing guerrilla violence, which some suggest is a way to minimize the crimes of the dictatorship.—
Juan Melamed,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2026
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The backlogs are real for these clinics, Soni said, recalling one GI clinic that had a backlog of six months, and 4,000 procedures that were waiting to be scheduled, representing millions in revenue.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Toward the end of April 2025, the mother started sending messages to the hospital’s GI team asking for G-tube placement and saying that her son’s physical medicine and rehab provider told her to ask if that was something to consider.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Apr. 2026
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Doctors Without Borders, also known as MSF, said the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, RSF, launched two drone strikes on Al-Jabalain Hospital in the White Nile province, hitting an operating theater and a maternity ward.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Among them was the late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, creating a power vacuum largely filled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a powerful paramilitary, political and economic group.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
30 Mar. 2026
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Leaving the tavern, where minutemen had gathered hours earlier to wait for the British military, Revere heard the first gunshots of the American Revolution ring out.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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There is of course some truth to those who would emphasize the revolutionary nature of the minutemen and soldiers of George Washington's Continental Army.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 July 2025
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“Militiaman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/militiaman. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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