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FEDAYEEN

Dictionary entry overview: What does fedayeen mean?

• FEDAYEEN (noun)
The noun FEDAYEEN has 1 sense:

1. (plural) Arab guerrillas who operate mainly against Israel

Familiarity information: FEDAYEEN used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FEDAYEEN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(plural) Arab guerrillas who operate mainly against Israel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("fedayeen" is a kind of...):

paramilitary; paramilitary force; paramilitary organisation; paramilitary organization; paramilitary unit (a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops))

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

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