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FEDAYEEN SADDAM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Fedayeen Saddam mean?
• FEDAYEEN SADDAM (noun)
The noun FEDAYEEN SADDAM has 1 sense:
1. a feared paramilitary unit formed in 1995 by young soldiers to serve Saddam Hussein against domestic opponents
Familiarity information: FEDAYEEN SADDAM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A feared paramilitary unit formed in 1995 by young soldiers to serve Saddam Hussein against domestic opponents
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Fedayeen Saddam; Saddam's Martyrs
Hypernyms ("Fedayeen Saddam" is a kind of...):
paramilitary; paramilitary force; paramilitary organisation; paramilitary organization; paramilitary unit (a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops))
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