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CANNON FODDER

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• CANNON FODDER (noun)
The noun CANNON FODDER has 1 sense:

1. soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire

Familiarity information: CANNON FODDER used as a noun is very rare.

• CANNON FODDER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

cannon fodder; fresh fish

Hypernyms ("cannon fodder" is a kind of...):

soldier (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

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(Arabic proverb)
"Better a good neighbour than a distant friend."
(Dutch proverb)

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