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SLEEPER CELL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sleeper cell mean?
• SLEEPER CELL (noun)
The noun SLEEPER CELL has 1 sense:
1. a cell of sleepers
Familiarity information: SLEEPER CELL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cell of sleepers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Context example:
an al-Qaeda sleeper cell may have used Arizona as its base
Hypernyms ("sleeper cell" is a kind of...):
cadre; cell (a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement)
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