CANNON FODDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cannon fodder mean? 

• 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.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANNON FODDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

cannon fodder; 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)