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Then, in October 2011, rebel militiamen executed Qaddafi.
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Henry Leutwyler Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 20 May 2025
While rebel militiamen pinned British troops in innermost Boston, their artillery couldn’t pierce the city’s British strongholds.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2025
Israel launched airstrikes on Syria on Wednesday and threatened to strike government forces there if clashes persisted between pro-government fighters and militiamen from the Druse minority.
—Euan Ward, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
When the smoke cleared, eight American militiamen were dead, and the world would never be the same.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2025
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Henry Leutwyler Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 20 May 2025
While rebel militiamen pinned British troops in innermost Boston, their artillery couldn’t pierce the city’s British strongholds.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2025
Israel launched airstrikes on Syria on Wednesday and threatened to strike government forces there if clashes persisted between pro-government fighters and militiamen from the Druse minority.
—Euan Ward, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
When the smoke cleared, eight American militiamen were dead, and the world would never be the same.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2025
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“Militiaman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/militiaman. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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militiaman
noun
mi·li·tia·man
mə-ˈlish-ə-mən 
: a member of a militia
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