fedayeen

Noun

Meaning

(plural) Arab guerrillas who operate mainly against Israel

Source: WordNet

Hypernyms

paramilitary paramilitary force paramilitary organisation paramilitary organization paramilitary unit

Examples

After a group of Palestinians used Qibya as a staging point for a fedayeen attack in Yehud that killed a Jewish woman and her two children in Israel, Unit 101 retaliated on the village. Source: Internet

Some of us probably assumed that that was for public consumption and that the Fedayeen would dispense revolutionary justice on Mengistu in Zimbabwe… Source: Internet

In the ensuing heavy fighting, a Syrian tank force took up positions in northern Jordan to support the fedayeen but was forced to retreat. Source: Internet

Sporadic violence continued, however, until Jordanian forces won a decisive victory over the fedayeen in July 1971, expelling them from the country. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

fedan fedary fedayee Fedayeen Saddam feddan Feddersen