MUJAHADEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mujahadein mean? 

• MUJAHADEIN (noun)
  The noun MUJAHADEIN has 1 sense:

1. a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad

  Familiarity information: MUJAHADEIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUJAHADEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

mujahadeen; mujahadein; mujahadin; mujahedeen; mujahedin; mujahideen; mujahidin

Context example:

some call the mujahidin international warriors but others just call them terrorists

Hypernyms ("mujahadein" is a kind of...):

force; military force; military group; military unit (a unit that is part of some military service)

Meronyms (members of "mujahadein"):

mujahid (a Muslim engaged in what he considers to be a jihad)

Domain category:

act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mujahadein"):

Mujahedeen Khalq (Iranian guerillas based in Iraq)