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GOVERNMENT-IN-EXILE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does government-in-exile mean?
• GOVERNMENT-IN-EXILE (noun)
The noun GOVERNMENT-IN-EXILE has 1 sense:
1. a temporary government moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to rule when their country is liberated
Familiarity information: GOVERNMENT-IN-EXILE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A temporary government moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to rule when their country is liberated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("government-in-exile" is a kind of...):
authorities; government; regime (the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit)
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