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Phalangist2|ˈfæləndʒɪst, fəˈlændʒɪst|
[ad. Sp. falange: see Falange.]
1. A member of the Spanish Falange. Also attrib. or as adj.
1936Times 17 Aug. 10/1 The main attack was delivered by a force of some 3,000 men, including the Foreign Legion, Moroccan troops, and ‘Phalangists’ or insurgent militia, divided into two columns. 1937Koestler Spanish Testament i. 20 He [sc. a foreigner in Vigo] notes, during his hour's walk through the town, that it is chockfull of troops—Legionaries, Carlists, Phalangists, but no Moors. 1938Ann. Reg. 1937 240 It was substantially the Phalangist programme which was adopted as the basis of the proposed Constitution for ‘Nationalist’ Spain. 1938G. T. Garratt Shadow Swastika vii. 192 The improved prospects of the Phalangists.
2. transf. A member of a right-wing, mainly Christian party in Lebanon. Also attrib. or as adj.
1972Daily Tel. 20 June 4/3 Leaders of the mainly Christian Phalangist party are calling for an end to the 1969 Cairo agreement providing a Lebanese sanctuary for the commandos. 1975Times 28 June 4/5 The Prime Minister-designate..is trying to reconcile differences between the mainly Christian Phalangists and..the influential socialist leader. 1977Time 8 Aug. 29/1 The results were clearly joyous to a crowd including Israeli border police and flag-bearing Lebanese Christian Phalangist soldiers allowed on Israeli territory for the occasion. 1979Guardian 9 Apr. 7/5 Iran's young Guerillas..find themselves increasingly out of step with the..‘Phalangists’ as the Left-wing has dubbed the country's new theocracy. |