fedayee
Americannoun
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fedayeen
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of fedayee
1950–55; < dialectal Arabic fidāʾī (plural fidāʾīyīn ) one who sacrifices himself (especially for his country)
Example Sentences
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We forced the fedayeen out of the Baghdad University Law School, and got to see it reopen.
From Newsweek ● Mar. 22, 2015
In their dash for Baghdad, American forces had bypassed many fedayeen militias, in the belief that they would “die on the vine” when Saddam was overthrown.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2014
In actuality, the fedayeen ultimately survived to fight another day.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2014
Lebanese and Jordanian troops, as last week's fighting in Amman indicated, spend as much time trying to control the fedayeen as they do fighting the Israelis.
From Time Magazine Archive
Abdel Nasser had been trying hard to stop the fighting between the government of Jordan and the Palestinian freedom fighters we called fedayeen when he had a heart attack and died.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
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