See sobel on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "From the phrase \"soldier by day, rebel by night\", referring to soldiers who would secretly cooperate with rebels to enrich themselves.",
"forms": [
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"form": "sobels",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"expansion": "sobel (plural sobels)",
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}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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"A government soldier who joined the rebels during the Sierra Leone civil war."
],
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"government",
"government"
],
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"soldier",
"soldier"
],
[
"rebel",
"rebel"
],
[
"Sierra Leone",
"Sierra Leone"
],
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"civil war",
"civil war"
]
]
}
],
"word": "sobel"
}
{
"etymology_text": "From the phrase \"soldier by day, rebel by night\", referring to soldiers who would secretly cooperate with rebels to enrich themselves.",
"forms": [
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"form": "sobels",
"tags": [
"plural"
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}
],
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],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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"glosses": [
"A government soldier who joined the rebels during the Sierra Leone civil war."
],
"links": [
[
"government",
"government"
],
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"soldier",
"soldier"
],
[
"rebel",
"rebel"
],
[
"Sierra Leone",
"Sierra Leone"
],
[
"civil war",
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]
]
}
],
"word": "sobel"
}
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