foreign fighter

English

Etymology

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Noun

foreign fighter (plural foreign fighters)

1. a person who travels to a foreign country to engage in a war on the side of some polity other than their native country (which may or may not be engaged in that war)

Translations

person who independently fights in a war that doesn't directly affect their place of residence

• Danish: fremmedkriger c