marionettenleger

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From marionet +‎ -en- +‎ leger, a calque of Mandarin 傀儡軍／傀儡军 (kuǐlěijūn, “puppet army”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /maː.ri.oːˈnɛ.tə(n)ˌleː.ɣər/
Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧o‧net‧ten‧le‧ger

Noun edit

marionettenleger n (plural marionettenlegers)

A puppet army. [from ca. 1940]

Usage notes edit

Although it was originally used of the Japanese puppet army in China, in Dutch the term saw its primary use in communist discourse referring to the South Vietnamese army.