"puppet army" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: puppet armies [plural]
Etymology: From puppet + army, a calque of Mandarin 傀儡軍/傀儡军 (kuǐlěijūn, “puppet army”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|puppet|army}} puppet + army, {{calque|en|cmn|-|nocap=1}} calque of Mandarin, {{zh-l|傀儡軍|puppet army}} 傀儡軍/傀儡军 (kuǐlěijūn, “puppet army”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} puppet army (plural puppet armies)
  1. An army that an invading country forms by recruiting people from already-occupied areas of the country being invaded. Categories (topical): Military Translations (army formed by the invader by recruiting the people from the occupation zone): 偽軍 (Chinese Mandarin), 伪军 (wěijūn) (Chinese Mandarin), 傀儡軍 (Chinese Mandarin), 傀儡军 (kuǐlěijūn) (Chinese Mandarin), marionettenleger [neuter] (Dutch), nukkearmeija (Finnish), 偽軍 (gigun) (alt: ぎぐん) (Japanese), 傀儡軍 (kairaigun) (alt: かいらいぐん) (Japanese), марионе́точная а́рмия (marionétočnaja ármija) [feminine] (Russian), ngụy quân (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-puppet_army-en-noun-kQqYiQH- Disambiguation of Military: 56 44 Disambiguation of 'army formed by the invader by recruiting the people from the occupation zone': 65 35
  2. (specifically) Such an army in China during the Sino-Japanese War. Tags: specifically Categories (topical): Second Sino-Japanese War
    Sense id: en-puppet_army-en-noun-BYykmm35 Disambiguation of Second Sino-Japanese War: 6 94 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61

Inflected forms

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