White Army

English

Etymology

Calque of Russian Белая армия (Belaja armija). White was the traditional color of the antirevolutionary movement.

Proper noun

the White Army

1. (historical, military) a collation of anti-Bolshevik armed groups that fought the Red Army during the Russian Civil War

Translations

anti-Bolshevik armed groups

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白軍／白军 (zh) (Báijūn), 白匪 (zh) (báifěi) (derogatory)

• German: Weiße Armee f
• Russian: Белая армия f (Belaja armija), Белая гва́рдия f (Belaja gvárdija)
• Ukrainian: Біла армія f (Bila armija)