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Recent Examples of militiaman
The president led 15,000 federalized militiamen from Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania into the west—though no rebel army materialized to oppose them.
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Time, 2 July 2025
In the artwork, a militiaman cradles the dying revolutionary, holding out his hand to stop a British soldier from stabbing Warren with a bayonet.
—Eliza McGraw, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2025
Just after dawn Saturday on the Lexington Battle Green, militiamen, muskets in hand, took on a much larger army of British regulars.
—Hillel Italie and Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
In the early morning on April 19, 1775, Capt. John Parker led 77 local militiamen and faced arriving British troops.
—Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
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Time, 2 July 2025
In the artwork, a militiaman cradles the dying revolutionary, holding out his hand to stop a British soldier from stabbing Warren with a bayonet.
—Eliza McGraw, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2025
Just after dawn Saturday on the Lexington Battle Green, militiamen, muskets in hand, took on a much larger army of British regulars.
—Hillel Italie and Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
In the early morning on April 19, 1775, Capt. John Parker led 77 local militiamen and faced arriving British troops.
—Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for militiaman
Noun
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That still leaves around 2,000 guardsmen and a number of Marines left in the city.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 July 2025
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Trump, upon his return Tuesday night to the White House after traveling to Pittsburgh, did not respond to a shouted question from a reporter about his decision to pull the guardsmen from Los Angeles.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
16 July 2025
Noun
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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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Eight colonial militiamen, also known as minutemen, were killed and others were wounded.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Among the new titles is Palace (Palacio), a dramatization of the 1985 siege of Colombia’s Palace of Justice by the M-19 guerrilla group.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
31 July 2025
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Instead, Gaza has long been a grueling fight against Hamas, which relies on guerrilla tactics to counter Israel’s military superiority.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
26 June 2025
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Soluble fiber binds with water in your gastrointestinal (GI) system and becomes a gel that slows digestion.—
Dr. Roshini Raj,
Health,
7 Aug. 2025
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For many people with diabetes, the glycemic index (GI) is often used to estimate how a food might affect their blood sugar levels.—
Caitlin Pagán,
Verywell Health,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Militiaman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/militiaman. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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