Huk
Americannoun
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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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Some shrug off the threat, saying that if there is a strike, everyone will die anyway, said Huk, who worries for his friends.
From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2022
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
Huk replaces his rolling swivel chair with a stationary folding chair and puts a neck pillow down for extra cushion.
From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2015
In any case, Operation Scorpio, plus the earlier arrests, was a triumph for Marcos as well as the greatest setback for the Communists since the breakdown of the old Huk guerrilla movement in the mid-1950s.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Did you ... did you ever see a Huk, sir?" asked Willis.
From A Matter of Importance by Leinster, Murray
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