"foreign fighter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: foreign fighters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} foreign fighter (plural foreign fighters)
  1. a person who travels to a foreign country to engage in a war on the side of some polity other than their native country (which may or may not be engaged in that war) Wikipedia link: foreign fighter Translations (person who independently fights in a war that doesn't directly affect their place of residence): fremmedkriger [common-gender] (Danish)
    Sense id: en-foreign_fighter-en-noun-NEKpo7UP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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