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militiaman

[ mi-lish-uh-muhn ]

noun

plural militiamen.
  1. a person serving in the militia.


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Gender Note

See -man.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of militiaman1

First recorded in 1770–80; militia + -man
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Rwanda had sought to crush the Hutu militiamen who were responsible for the genocide but had fled across the border in 1994.

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They blocked streets and passageways with concrete barriers and stern-looking militiamen.

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At the very least, going public could make militiamen more suspicious of each other.

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As the pair drove off and got a good distance away from the militiamen, they pulled over to the side of the road and laid his body there.

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Like a swarm of human locusts, RSF militiamen rampaged through the capital, Khartoum, stripping it bare of anything that could be pillaged and resold.

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