"chetnik" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtʃɛtnɪk/ [UK] Forms: chetniks [plural]
Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian četnik, from četa (“band, group”) + -nik. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sh|četnik}} Serbo-Croatian četnik, {{af|sh|četa|-nik|nocat=1|t1=band, group}} četa (“band, group”) + -nik Head templates: {{en-noun}} chetnik (plural chetniks)
  1. (now historical) A member of a Serbian royalist army band. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-chetnik-en-noun-k3q0XW3z Disambiguation of Military: 100 0
  2. An adherent of an nationalist revival of the historical Chetnik movement. Categories (topical): Nationalism
    Sense id: en-chetnik-en-noun-T4oyiiRg Disambiguation of Nationalism: 10 90 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Monarchism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 92 Disambiguation of Monarchism: 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: četnik, Chetnik

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