People\'s Liberation Army

noun

See under Huk (def. 1).

the name of the armed forces of the People's Republic of China.

a rebel army or army of liberation in any of various other countries.

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noun, plural Huks.

a member of the Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan (People's Liberation Army), a Communist agrarian revolutionary group in central Luzon in the Philippines.

a member of the Hukbalahap, an anti-Japanese resistance group in central Luzon during World War II.

Origin:
shortening of Tagalog hukbo army

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people's liberation army
noun
a radical terrorist group dedicated to the removal of British forces from Northern Ireland and the unification of Ireland [syn: Irish National Liberation Army]

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