Huk
Americannoun
plural
Huks-
a member of the Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan People's Liberation Army, a Communist agrarian revolutionary group in central Luzon in the Philippines.
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a member of the Hukbalahap, an anti-Japanese resistance group in central Luzon during World War II.
Etymology
Origin of Huk
Shortening of Tagalog hukbo army
Example Sentences
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The family of Yurii Huk, 41, including his daughter, Darynka, 8, his niece and other relatives, during his funeral outside Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church in Lviv on May 16.
From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2022
For breakfast, Huk and M.C. fueled up at Chic Fil-A, preparing for a full eight hours of matches.
From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2015
Huk plans to eventually transition into "gamecasting," like other famous gamers who have found second careers with popular YouTube channels where they interact with fans and analyze other players.
From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2015
In January 1951, a Philippine Army patrol in a brush with a Huk band found a blood-stained musette bag containing Pomeroy's passport and some papers in his handwriting.
From Time Magazine Archive
He sat on one chair, and Huk, gingerly holding his aspergill before him as though to protect himself, sat on the other.
From The Hohokam Dig by Pratt, Theodore
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