| 单词 | white army |
| 释义 | > as lemmasWhite Army White Army n. any of the armies which opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War (1917–22); (also) a group consisting mainly of the White Guards (White Guard n. 1) who opposed the Red Guards during the Finnish Civil War of 1918. [With reference to Russia after Russian Belaja armija ( < belaja , feminine of belyj white + armija army n.). With reference to Finland after Finnish Valkoinen armeija ( < valkoinen white + armeija army n.); compare White Guard n.] ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warriors collectively > bands of guerrillas spec. > [noun] Chouan1794 mujahidin1887 White Army1918 Palmach1943 maquis1944 Huk1947 Min Yuen1951 fedayeen1955 Viet Cong1957 VC1964 Victor Charlie1966 society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > [noun] > Russian armies in Civil War Red Army1918 White Army1918 1918 N.Y. Times 2 Feb. 2/8 (headline) Finnish White Army rounding up Reds. 1918 Times 9 Apr. 6/4 The White Army..is overwhelmingly pro-German. 1960 O. Manning Great Fortune ii. 109 It makes you look like a White Army officer. 1977 J. Cleary High Road to China iii. 95 He had come out of Russia, a cavalry commander in one of the White Armies. 1998 Fortean Times July 40/3 He would have known that Kolchak's White Army was about to recapture Ekaterinburg. < as lemmas |
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