Definition of Cannon fodder

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

Exact synonyms: Fodder, Fresh Fish
Language type: Colloquialism
Generic synonyms: Soldier

Definition of Cannon fodder

1. Noun. military forces considered to be expendable ¹

2. Noun. (rare) artillery ammunition ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cannon Fodder

canninesses
canning
cannings
cannister
cannisters
cannit
cannizzarite
cannoli
cannolis
cannon
cannon-bone
cannon ball
cannon bone
cannon cracker
cannon fire
cannon fodder (current term)
cannon sound
cannon wave
cannonade
cannonaded
cannonades
cannonading
cannonball
cannonball along
cannonball pulse
cannonballed
cannonballing
cannoned
cannoneer

Literary usage of Cannon fodder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New York Times Current History (1917)
""cannon fodder" By EDEN PHILLPOTTS They are coming like a tempest, ... March along with cannon fodder to the agony of war. God help the old; ..."

2. Raemaekers' Cartoons: With Accompanying Notes by Well-Known English Writers by Louis Raemaekers (1916)
"Tramp! the cannon fodder come Along their way to Calais; (God help the hearth and home.) They'll do his will who taught them, on the earth and on the waves ..."

3. Antwerp to Gallipoli: A Year of War on Many Fronts by Arthur Ruhl (1916)
"... XIV cannon fodder AT the head of each iron bed hung the nurse's chart and a few words of "history." These histories had been taken down as the wounded ..."

4. Raemaekers' Cartoons by Louis Raemaekers (1916)
"Tramp! the cannon fodder come Along their way to Calais; (God help the hearth and home.) They'll do his will who taught them, on the earth and on the waves, ..."

5. Friends of France: The Field Service of the American Ambulance Described by by Abram Piatt Andrew (1916)
"On my left was the cannon fodder going up; on my right was the cannon fodder coming back. The whole mechanics of war ..."

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