"anticontra" meaning in English

See anticontra in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From anti- + contra. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|contra}} anti- + contra Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} anticontra (not comparable)
  1. (1980s, now chiefly historical) Opposed to the Nicaraguan Contras, right-wing paramilitaries fighting the Sandinista regime. Tags: historical, not-comparable
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