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- noun An
army that an invading country forms by recruiting people from already-occupied areas of the country being invaded. - noun specifically Such an army in China during the Sino-Japanese War.
Etymologies
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From puppet + army; a loan-translation of Mandarin 僞軍 / 伪军 (wěijūn) (“fake army”).
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