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
This number could also be considerably increased, though at the moment many Christian families are sending their teen-age sons to Cyprus to hide them from Phalangist recruiting gangs.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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Christian leaders, notably Phalangist Patriarch Pierre Gemayel and former President Camille Chamoun, are fiercely resisting that course.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The burrow of the Phalangist is surmounted by a voluminous rubbish-dump, the materials of which are piled in the form of a cylinder as long as the finger.
From Social Life in the Insect World by Miall, Bernard
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