"people's army" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: people's armies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=people's army}} people's army (plural people's armies)
  1. A communist-based military organization, often linked to a communist political party; the armed forces of a communist state. Categories (topical): Communism, Military Derived forms: People's Liberation Army Translations (communist-based military organization): kansanarmeija (Finnish), Volksarmee [feminine] (German), hukbong bayan (Tagalog)

Inflected forms

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