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Recent Examples of militiaman
In the artwork, a militiaman cradles the dying revolutionary, holding out his hand to stop a British soldier from stabbing Warren with a bayonet.
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Eliza McGraw, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2025
But many of the militiamen identify themselves as PA officers.
—Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
Elsewhere in the series, Joseph Plumb Martin, a 15-year-old militiaman from Connecticut, is a focal character.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2025
International workers had been evacuated in the first days of the conflict, but the roads leading out of the city were now controlled by soldiers, militiamen, and bandits.
—Nicolas Niarchos, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
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Eliza McGraw, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2025
But many of the militiamen identify themselves as PA officers.
—Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
Elsewhere in the series, Joseph Plumb Martin, a 15-year-old militiaman from Connecticut, is a focal character.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2025
International workers had been evacuated in the first days of the conflict, but the roads leading out of the city were now controlled by soldiers, militiamen, and bandits.
—Nicolas Niarchos, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for militiaman
Noun
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The administration sent about 4,000 California guardsmen and 700 Marines to Los Angeles to protect federal personnel and property amid demonstrations against a wave of immigration raids that sometimes turned violent.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
11 Dec. 2025
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The two guardsmen were allegedly shot by Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who pleaded not guilty to multiple charges levied against him, including first-degree murder, earlier this week.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Dec. 2025
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Rodríguez is a hard-line leftist with deeply anti-American views learned from her father, a Marxist guerrilla commander who died at the hands of Venezuelan security forces.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Such an action, therefore, would not guarantee compliance from civilians and would likely lead to long-term guerrilla actions.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Both versions of semaglutide slow digestion, which can cause gastrointestinal (GI) upset.—
Jenna Anderson,
Health,
7 Jan. 2026
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Keep in mind that aloe vera formulations also vary, and some can cause side effects, such as GI upset.—
Sara Hoffman,
Verywell Health,
31 Dec. 2025
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Last year, a leading AfD candidate for the European Parliament insisted that not all members of the Nazi SS paramilitary (responsible for rounding up and exterminating Jews) were criminals.—
Trudy Rubin,
Mercury News,
20 Dec. 2025
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With El Fasher now apparently in the hands of the RSF, the whole of Darfur is under the paramilitary's control.—
NPR,
NPR,
27 Oct. 2025
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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 20 Jan. 2026.
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