militiaman

noun

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Recent Examples of militiaman The attack was carried out by local LDS militiamen, aided by Native American allies. — Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025 Image Goma has long been a refuge for more than a million civilians fleeing violence from M23 militiamen, Congolese forces and other armed groups in the region. — Ruth MacLean, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025 The militiamen hire Paiutes and make the attack look like the work of Native Americans. — Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025 With bounty hunters hot on her trail, Sara hires a taciturn stranger named Isaac (Taylor Kitsch) to guide them to safety, which proves elusive in a region where the Army, Native Americans, Mormon militiamen and other settlers are locked in a battle for control. — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for militiaman
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  1. guardsman
  2. minuteman
  3. guerrilla
  4. GI
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  • More than a dozen Republican governors, in a show of support for Abbott, had sent their own guardsmen to the border.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Walz, himself a 24-year veteran of the National Guard, ultimately summoned more than 7,000 guardsmen to the Twin Cities.
    — Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2024
Definition of guardsman
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  • From the minutemen of the Revolution, to the last military defender of the day, bless them.
    — Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Americans may produce films about the Greek city-states’ stand against Persia, but long gone is the minuteman who shared features with his Athenian counterpart.
    — Steele Brand, Time, 20 Sep. 2019
Definition of minuteman
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  • Set in 1987, Predator starts with Schwarzenegger's Dutch taking out guerrillas in the Central American jungle with his beefy battalion of soldiers — played by Carl Weathers, Jesse Ventura, Bill Duke, Sonny Landham, and future director of The Predator, Shane Black.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Catch up quick: Shortly after a statue of longtime Oregonian editor Harvey W. Scott atop Mount Tabor was toppled in 2020, a guerrilla art-style, 4-foot bust of York appeared in its place.
    — Meira Gebel, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
Definition of guerrilla
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  • In addition to its benefits for your GI system, dragon fruit also contains antioxidants and fatty acids, which can improve circulation and help keep your cholesterol levels in check, according to King.
    — Gillian Mohney, Verywell Health, 14 Mar. 2025
  • In the 1950s, the Mackle brothers built distinct but simple homes, many purchased by World War II veterans using GI bill benefits.
    — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2025
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