Chetnik
Americannoun
noun
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a Serbian nationalist belonging to a group that fought against the Turks before World War I and engaged in guerrilla warfare during both World Wars
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a member of a Serbian nationalist paramilitary group fighting to retain Serbian influence in the countries which formerly constituted Yugoslavia
Etymology
Origin of Chetnik
1905–10; < Serbo-Croatian čȅtnīk guerrilla, equivalent to čȅt ( a ) troop (cognate with Old Russian cheta, Czech četa ) + -nīk agent suffix ( cf. -nik)
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"I just happen to have had the traditional Chetnik title of Duke assigned to me."
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Draja Mihailovich's fiery army of 145-150,000 former Yugoslav regulars, Serb Chetnik guerrillas, Croats, Slovenes, Jews, Bulgarian and Austrian deserters, has often been called a guerrilla force.
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Army officers who were with him at Chetnik headquarters.
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Suddenly I saw a Chetnik standing in a group of German officers.
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Nothing that Mihailovich could say would wipe out abundant evidence that some of his Chetnik troops collaborated with the Germans.
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