militiaman

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for militiaman
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Noun
  • The guardsmen were initially deployed in D.C. in mid-August 2025 when Trump declared a crime emergency in the capital.
    Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Authorities said Topo had ties to a dissident faction of Colombia's FARC guerillas and was wanted by a New York court.
    CBS News, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Advertisement Hezbollah maintained guerrilla-style warfare against Israel throughout the occupation of southern Lebanon up until 2000, when Israel withdrew from the country.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • This motivated passage of the GI Bill to keep many vets out of the labor market by sending them to school.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The Glycemic Index Trap A common misconception is that lower glycemic index (GI) equals healthier.
    Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 3 May. 2026.

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