government-in-exile

[guhv-ern-muhnt-in-eg-zahyl, -ek-sahyl, -er-muhnt-]

noun

1. a government temporarily moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to establish that government in their native country after its liberation.

Example Sentences

At least 24 people were killed and 47 others wounded while protesting Myanmar's military government after a motorised paraglider dropped two bombs on the crowd, a spokesperson for the government-in-exile has told BBC Burmese.

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The information that does emerge comes from those who have fled abroad, or the government-in-exile in India.

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The Indian government granted asylum, and he eventually settled in Dharamshala in the north of India, which became home to the Tibetan government-in-exile.

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He set up a government-in-exile in the northern Indian hill town of Dharamsala and has been seen as an alternative source of power for those who resent Beijing's tight control of Tibet.

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Assigned by the commander of Poland's Home Army, Gen Stefan Rowecki, as his personal representative, Zo was instructed to cross occupied Europe to pass orders to the country's government-in-exile, which was based in London.

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