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Phalangist

British

/ fəˈlændʒɪst /

noun

1. a member of a Lebanese Christian paramilitary organization founded in 1936 and originally based on similar ideas to the fascist Falange in Spain
2. ( as modifier )
  
  Phalangist leaders

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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

Oscar, a Phalangist commander in Suq al Gharb, has kept members of his family and some of his pets at his headquarters.

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

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

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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