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Chetnik
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Chetnik [ˈtʃɛtnɪk tʃɛtˈniːk]
n
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (Military) a Serbian nationalist belonging to a group that fought against the Turks before World War I and engaged in guerrilla warfare during both World Wars
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (Military) a member of a Serbian nationalist paramilitary group fighting to retain Serbian influence in the countries which formerly constituted Yugoslavia
[from Serbian četnik, from četa troop]
Translations
Chetnik [ˈtʃetnɪk]
A. ADJchetnik
B. Nchetnik mf


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One night, the Chetniks, the Serb nationalist paramilitaries who waged their own war within a war, raided the village and burned it to the ground.
Life and times of butcher JUN 19, 1945 BORN in stable in Savnik, Yugoslavia - in what is now Republic of Montenegro - the zealous Serb nationalist is not even born a Serb, though his father was member of Chetniks, Serb nationalist guerrillas, fighting against both Nazi occupiers and Communists during WW2.
Indeed, the Royalist Chetniks were a resistance force to be reckoned with, the largest resistance army on the German-controlled continent.
 
 
 
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