fidayeen
Multiple Entries:fidayeen fedayeen
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fidayeen/fɪdəˈjiːn/
▶plural noun variant of fedayeen.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fedayeen /ˌfɛdəˈjiːn, fəˈdɑːjiːn/ (also fidayeen)
▶plural noun Arab guerrillas, especially those operating against Israel.
– origin 1950s: from colloq. Arab. fidā'iyīn, pl. of classical Arab. fidā'ī ‘one who gives his life for another or for a cause’.
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