"puppet army" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: puppet armies [plural]
Etymology: From puppet + army, a calque from Mandarin 傀儡軍/傀儡军 (kuǐlěijūn, “puppet army”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|puppet|army}} puppet + army, {{calque|en|cmn|-|nocap=1}} calque from 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': 64 36
  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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 24 76

Inflected forms

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