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Contra.

A member of any of various rightist guerrilla groups violently opposing the socialist Sandinista government of Nicaragua and secretly funded by the United States government in the 1980s.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A member of any of various rightist guerrilla groups violently opposing the socialist Sandinista government of Nicaragua and secretly funded by the United States government in the 1980s.

Where this word comes from

Short for Spanish contrarrevolucionarios (“counter-revolutionaries”).

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