"buffer state" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London, New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 249:",
          "text": "The conflict was finally settled in 1828 with the creation of the buffer state of Uruguay, but the prestige of the emperor had suffered a further blow as a result of this reverse, as it was perceived.",
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        "A nation lying between potentially hostile nations."
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        "(geopolitics) A nation lying between potentially hostile nations."
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          "roman": "huǎnchōngguó",
          "sense": "nation",
          "word": "緩衝國 /缓冲国"
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          "word": "bufferstaat"
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          "sense": "nation",
          "word": "État tampon"
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          "sense": "nation",
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          "word": "Pufferstaat"
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          "code": "he",
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          "word": "מְדִינַת חַיִץ"
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      "word": "緩衝國 /缓冲国"
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      "word": "Pufferstaat"
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