Definition of militiaman in English:
militiaman
nounPlural militiamen mɪˈlɪʃəmənməˈlɪʃəmən
A member of a militia.
Example sentencesExamples
- Eight hundred militiamen and soldiers arrived from Montreal to fight.
- The British retreat to Boston was the high-water mark for American militiamen during the war.
- The prisoners were also made to cook and wash for the militiamen, who are mostly from nomadic tribes and who travel by horse and camel.
- The militiamen stood their ground, all ready in their own fighting formations atop the hill across the bridge.
- More than 160 militants and local militiamen have been captured, according to army sources.
- Dry-mouthed and intoning our personal mantras and prayers, we made a final dash for the relative safety of the militiamen's quarters.
- One of the problems, he noted, was that the militiamen were mediocre and undisciplined.
- The joint effort has led to the disarmament of about 20,000 militiamen.
- Relatives of militiamen asked the provincial governor for arms.
- These militiamen have not gone through any kind of training.
- Some of these militiamen were fresh from training in a US military base in Hungary.
- Medics and militia commanders said the dead man was a militiaman but five of the injured were civilians.
- Colonial militiamen often served under British commanders during the colonial wars.
- Four soldiers and two opposition militiamen died in the bitter fighting.
- Among the wounded were an army officer, an enlisted soldier, a pro-government militiaman and a villager.
- Ultimately, England committed about 80,000 men to this war, most of whom were militiamen.
Rhymes
fisherman, fishermen, militiamen
Definition of militiaman in US English:
militiaman
nounməˈlɪʃəmənməˈliSHəmən
A member of a militia.
Example sentencesExamples
- The militiamen stood their ground, all ready in their own fighting formations atop the hill across the bridge.
- More than 160 militants and local militiamen have been captured, according to army sources.
- Colonial militiamen often served under British commanders during the colonial wars.
- One of the problems, he noted, was that the militiamen were mediocre and undisciplined.
- The prisoners were also made to cook and wash for the militiamen, who are mostly from nomadic tribes and who travel by horse and camel.
- Four soldiers and two opposition militiamen died in the bitter fighting.
- The joint effort has led to the disarmament of about 20,000 militiamen.
- Relatives of militiamen asked the provincial governor for arms.
- Ultimately, England committed about 80,000 men to this war, most of whom were militiamen.
- The British retreat to Boston was the high-water mark for American militiamen during the war.
- These militiamen have not gone through any kind of training.
- Among the wounded were an army officer, an enlisted soldier, a pro-government militiaman and a villager.
- Some of these militiamen were fresh from training in a US military base in Hungary.
- Eight hundred militiamen and soldiers arrived from Montreal to fight.
- Medics and militia commanders said the dead man was a militiaman but five of the injured were civilians.
- Dry-mouthed and intoning our personal mantras and prayers, we made a final dash for the relative safety of the militiamen's quarters.