puppet army
Chinese
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Definitions
- An army that an invading country forms by recruiting people from already-occupied areas of the country being invaded.
- (specifically) Such an army in China during the Sino-Japanese War.
Etymology
Compound from English puppet + English army.
Origin
English
army
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiarmy English
- army English
- armyless English
- armylike English
- armyworm English
- meatpuppet English
- nonarmy English
- puppet English
- puppeteer English
- puppetish English
- puppetless English
- puppetlike English
- puppetman English
- puppetmaster English
- puppetry English
- telepuppet English
- armee Middle English
- poupette Old French
- ami Tok Pisin
- aa'my Gullah