BUFFER COUNTRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does buffer country mean? 

• BUFFER COUNTRY (noun)
  The noun BUFFER COUNTRY has 1 sense:

1. a small neutral state between two rival powers

  Familiarity information: BUFFER COUNTRY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUFFER COUNTRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small neutral state between two rival powers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

buffer country; buffer state

Hypernyms ("buffer country" is a kind of...):

country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)