milblogger
/ˈmɪlˌblɔɡə(ɹ)/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A military service member who writes a blog.
noun
A blogger, usually one with a close relationship to armed forces, who blogs, often from the front lines, about an ongoing war.
Example Sentences
- "One milblogger who writes anonymously, (as many do), commented in private correspondence with the author: […]"
- "A number of milbloggers converted their work to published books after returning home."
- "The rise of milbloggers writing from within the war zone itself suggests that in terms of international news reported from outside the West, citizen journalism—just like mainstream news reporting—is likely to be more easily done by Westerners."
- "Some proxy officials from occupied Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts also operate as milbloggers because they voice their opinions, share analysis from other milbloggers, and disseminate footage from the frontlines independent of the Kremlin and often at odds with the official MoD and Kremlin lines."
- "“These Ukrainian counterattacks are likely leveraging the recent block on Russian forces’ access to Starlink, which Russian milbloggers (military bloggers) have claimed is causing communications and command and control issues on the battlefield,” said the ISW thinktank."
Etymology
Etymology tree English military Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Germanic *weraz Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi Proto-Germanic *alaną Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-Germanic *aldiz Proto-Germanic *weraldiz Proto-West Germanic *weraldi Old English weorold Middle English world English world Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *wīdaz Old English wīd English wide English -wide English worldwide Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *webaną Proto-Germanic *wabją Old English webb Middle English web English web English World Wide Web English Web Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti Proto-Germanic *ligjaną Old Norse liggjader.? Middle English logge English log Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.? Proto-Germanic *bōks Proto-West Germanic *bōk Old English bōc Middle English bok English book English logbook English log English weblog English blog blend English milblog Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English milblogger From milblog + -er.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmɪlˌblɔɡə(ɹ)/
- British English: /ˈmɪl.blɒɡə/
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Military.