chetnikn.
/ˈtʃɛtnɪk/, U.S. /ˈtʃɛtnɪk/ A member of a guerrilla force in the Balkans.
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1909 Westm. Gaz. 20 Mar. 5/2 Mr. Smith..became a real ‘chetnik’, as the members of these forces [sc. Bulgarian guerrilla troops] were called.
1943 Ann. Reg. 1942 207 A well-organised guerrilla army in Yugoslavia consisting of between 80,000 and 150,000 chetniks.
1949 F. Maclean Eastern Approaches ii. viii. 279 The resistance of General Mihajlović and his Četniks to the enemy.
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