foreign fighter
English edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
foreign fighter (plural foreign fighters)
- a person who travels to a foreign country to engage in a war on the side of some polity other than their native country (which may or may not be engaged in that war)
Translations edit
person who independently fights in a war that doesn't directly affect their place of residence
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