contra
2- (often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
Origin of contra
2Related Words for contras
antithesis, contrary, reversal, inverse, paradox, reverse, obverse, converse, contradiction, counterpart, foil, opposition, antipode, antonym, contrast, contra, about-face, back, underside, regressionExamples from the Web for contras
Contemporary Examples of contras
What was it Ronald Reagan called the Contras and the Afghan mujahedin?
Actually some of the Contras whom I knew were the moral equivalent of pathological killers.
His books include Securing the City, Summer of Deliverance, Expats, and With the Contras.
The Hero Summit 2013 SpeakersSeptember 10, 2013
Historical Examples of contras
Si, seores, he had indeed, until Colonel Dupin and the Contras arrived.
The MissourianEugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
Seeing Ney, he supposed the Contras at no great distance, and a shot would bring them on his heels.
The MissourianEugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
He had deserted the Contras to waylay the rich bullion convoy of which Rodrigo Galn had told him.
The MissourianEugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
The guerrillas, repulsed by the Americans, fled upon the Contras, whereat the Americans swept them both back indiscriminately.
The MissourianEugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
At Contras Henry of Navarre was reported as cut to pieces, yet his loss was less than 10 per cent.
Chattanooga and ChickamaugaHenry V. Boynton
Word Origin and History for contras
Contras
see Contra.
contra
mid-14c., from Latin contra (prep. and adv.) "against," originally "in comparison with," ablative singular feminine of *com-teros, from Old Latin com "with, together" (see com-) + -tr, zero degree of the comparative suffix -ter-.
Contra
1981, "anti-Sandinista Nicaraguan," short for Spanish contrarrevolucionario "counter-revolutionary."