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Militiaman

noun

(pl. militiamen)

A member of the militia; serves only during emergencies.

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"Militiaman" Quotes from Famous Books

... and one which should have put heart into the veriest white-livered militiaman that ever pretended to be a soldier; but, to my surprise, I could see on the faces of those who had talked surrender the loudest, an expression telling that the words passed by them as ...

— The Minute Boys of the Mohawk Valley • James Otis

... they will, I think, allow a proportion of about 2,000 men, or perhaps a few more, to be incorporated for two or three months, for three successive years; after the second year to be replaced by a new quota, and to be selected by ballot, and no substitutes permitted to serve in the place of a militiaman drawn by lot: this will be a great ...

— The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock • Ferdinand Brock Tupper

... these words than the intoxicated militiaman started up, and striking the table with his fist said: "I am a poor stone-cutter—this is a rainy day and I have come here to pass it in the best way I can. I am somewhat drunk, but though I am a poor stone-mason, a private in the militia, ...

— Wild Wales - Its People, Language and Scenery • George Borrow

... The militiaman stared. This man whose countenance was calmly thoughtful scarcely comported with the descriptions he had heard of the "Wildcat of the Mountains"; the man who had come home straight as a storm-petrel at the first note ...

— The Call of the Cumberlands • Charles Neville Buck

Words linked to "Militiaman" : soldier, militia, reserves, trainbandsman, Minuteman