marionettenleger
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From marionet + -en- + leger, a calque of Mandarin 傀儡軍/傀儡军 (kuǐlěijūn, “puppet army”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
marionettenleger n (plural marionettenlegers)
- A puppet army. [from ca. 1940]
Usage notes[edit]
Although it was originally used of the Japanese puppet army in China, in Dutch the term saw its primary use in communist discourse referring to the South Vietnamese army.