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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 opponentsplay

  Familiarity information: FEDAYEEN SADDAM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FEDAYEEN SADDAM (noun)


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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