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puppet army

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English

Syllables
pup-pet army
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An army that an invading country forms by recruiting people from already-occupied areas of the country being invaded.

noun

Such an army in China during the Sino-Japanese War.

Etymology

From puppet + army, a calque from Mandarin 傀儡軍／傀儡军 (kuǐlěijūn, “puppet army”).

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Military.

Inflected Forms

puppet armies (plural)

Questions

What does puppet army mean?
An army that an invading country forms by recruiting people from already-occupied areas of the country being invaded.
Where does puppet army come from?
From puppet + army, a calque from Mandarin 傀儡軍／傀儡军 (kuǐlěijūn, “puppet army”).

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