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