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mujahideen

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mu⋅ja⋅he⋅din

[moo-jah-he-deen]
–plural noun (sometimes initial capital letter)
Muslim guerrilla fighters, esp. in Afghanistan and Iran.
Also, mu⋅ja⋅hed⋅din, mu⋅ja⋅hi⋅deen.
mu·ja·hi·deen also mu·ja·he·deen or mu·ja·hi·din   (mōō-jä'hě-dēn')   
pl.n.  Muslim guerrilla warriors engaged in a jihad.

[Arabic or Persian mujāhidīn, pl. of Arabic mujāhid, one who fights in a jihad, active participle of jāhada, to fight; see ghd in Semitic roots.]
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