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PESHMERGA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does peshmerga mean?
• PESHMERGA (noun)
The noun PESHMERGA has 1 sense:
1. a member of a Kurdish guerilla organization that fights for a free Kurdish state
Familiarity information: PESHMERGA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of a Kurdish guerilla organization that fights for a free Kurdish state
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("peshmerga" is a kind of...):
Kurd (a member of a largely pastoral Islamic people who live in Kurdistan; the largest ethnic group without their own state)
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