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militiamen

Meaning

of Militiaman

Source: Webster's dictionary

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We make war and revolution at the same time. Militiamen are fighting for the conquest of the land, the factories, bread, and culture ... the pickaxe and the shovel are as important as the rifle. Comrades, we will win the war! Buenaventura Durruti

About 250,000 men served as regulars or as militiamen for the Revolutionary cause in the eight years of the war, but there were never more than 90,000 men under arms at one time. Source: Internet

According to him, 'after the 1948 war, the Israelis tended to hail the "purity of arms" of its militiamen and soldiers to contrast this with Arab barbarism, which on occasion expressed itself in the mutilation of captured Jewish corpses.' Source: Internet

Additionally, several thousand Germanic soldiers were deserting militiamen who wore Roman armour, and would thus appear to be "Roman" in the archaeological digs. Source: Internet

According to the Haarlem archives, a schutterstuk that Hals started in Amsterdam was finished by Pieter Codde because Hals refused to paint in Amsterdam, insisting that the militiamen come to Haarlem to sit for their portraits. Source: Internet

After the battle ended, while Stark's militiamen were busy disarming the prisoners and looting their supplies, Breymann arrived with his reinforcements. Source: Internet

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