militiaman

noun

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Recent Examples of militiaman The segment will include the story of one militiaman who fought for George Washington. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 4 May 2026 And Washington’s troops consisted of approximately 19,000 militiamen. — Christopher Magra, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2026 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. — Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026 Their ignorance makes these militiamen quite ineffective at halting their own intelligence breaches. — Elizabeth Tsurkov, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for militiaman
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  1. guardsman
  2. guerrilla
  3. GI
  4. paramilitary
  5. minuteman
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  • Commanders understood that virtually any encounter involving a guardsman could be filmed and turned into a national controversy, potentially damaging an institution that continues to enjoy broad public confidence.
    — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • It was taken inside the Lafitte Hotel on Bourbon Street, at the center of the French Quarter, after a guardsman used the bathroom on Sunday night.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Definition of guardsman
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  • One breakthrough leading into that period of acclaim was Ferrer’s 1968 guerrilla action involving driving 87 bushels of fall leaves from Philadelphia to New York in a pickup truck, and scattering them in front of art institutions.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • In contrast, some discount the 1960s dates and consider the start to be 1972, when the ZANLA insurgency began a new, more intense level of guerrilla fighting.
    — Chinatsu Tsuji, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of guerrilla
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  • Watermelon has a high glycemic index (GI) but a low glycemic load (GL), while papaya has a medium GI and a low GL, making both suitable for people monitoring blood sugar.
    — Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Boston Children's was also top-ranked in the area of neonatology, pediatric gastroenterology & GI Surgery, pediatric nephrology, pediatric neurology & neurosurgery, pediatric pulmonology & lung surgery and pediatric urology.
    — Neal Riley, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of GI
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  • The State Department has accused both Burhan’s Sudanese Armed Forces, or SAF, and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, of failing to make serious commitments to an immediate truce.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The volunteers would be an additional layer of security to the powerful Revolutionary Guard paramilitary and its all-volunteer arm, the Basij.
    — Nasser Karimi, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of paramilitary
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  • Read more Today, a memorial to that battle stands near Concord’s Old North Bridge, showing a nameless minuteman dropping his plow and picking up a musket.
    — Vivian Yee, New York Times, 20 June 2026
  • And even where the messages were received, would enough of the minutemen and the militia indeed respond quickly enough?
    — Kostya Kennedy, Time, 16 Feb. 2026
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