Phalangist
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The remaining 15 he spent in Beirut, in a hotel suite, in the care of Israel's Christian Phalangist allies.
From The Guardian ● May 1, 2010
To his Phalangist followers, he projects the personal magnetism of a combat leader who has fought and suffered with them on the battlefields.
From Time Magazine Archive
Phalangist guides directed Israeli armor through the streets of East Beirut, not far from the capital's so-called Green Line dividing the Christian and Muslim sectors.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Phalangist Party was founded by Amin's father Pierre, and its militia is the dominant group in the Lebanese Forces, the combined Christian militia.
From Time Magazine Archive
The old writers called him the Phalangist, on account of his armour, which is comparable to the three ranks of lances of the Macedonian phalanx.
From Social Life in the Insect World by Miall, Bernard
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