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"etymology_text": "From the colour of the berets worn by UN peacekeepers.",
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}
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{
"word": "Green Beret"
}
],
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{
"ref": "1969, Boys' Life, volume 59, →ISSN",
"text": "The blue berets were the United Nations soldiers. When the fighting had at last been quelled, the government of Cyprus had asked the United Nations to send troops to keep the peace.",
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}
],
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"A United Nations peacekeeper."
],
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(military) A United Nations peacekeeper."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "blue helmet"
},
{
"word": "Blue Beret"
}
],
"topics": [
"government",
"military",
"politics",
"war"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "UN peacekeeper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "casc blau"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "UN peacekeeper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "blauwhelm"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "UN peacekeeper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "casque bleu"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "UN peacekeeper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Blauhelm"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "UN peacekeeper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "casco blu"
}
]
}
],
"word": "blue beret"
}
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From the colour of the berets worn by UN peacekeepers.",
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{
"ref": "1969, Boys' Life, volume 59, →ISSN",
"text": "The blue berets were the United Nations soldiers. When the fighting had at last been quelled, the government of Cyprus had asked the United Nations to send troops to keep the peace.",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"A United Nations peacekeeper."
],
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"United Nations",
"United Nations"
],
[
"peacekeeper",
"peacekeeper"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(military) A United Nations peacekeeper."
],
"topics": [
"government",
"military",
"politics",
"war"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "blue helmet"
},
{
"word": "Blue Beret"
}
],
"translations": [
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "UN peacekeeper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "casc blau"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "UN peacekeeper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "blauwhelm"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "UN peacekeeper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "casque bleu"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "UN peacekeeper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Blauhelm"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "UN peacekeeper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "casco blu"
}
],
"word": "blue beret"
}
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