Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Vietnamese belonging to or supporting the National Liberation Front of the nation formerly named South Vietnam.
- adjective Of or relating to the Vietcong.
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- proper noun a
communist organization andguerrilla army in South Vietnam and Cambodia that fought the United States, South Korea, Australia, and South Vietnamese governments during theVietnam War and was supported by communist North Vietnam.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Allard, Richard M. USA POW identified by family members in Vietcong film clips.
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They wander into the hospitals, with at least twenty casualties from American firepower for one "Vietcong" - inflicted injury.
Corporate Media Keeps King "in his place"! Buries King's Fiery Condemnation of US Wars 2008
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They wander into the hospitals, with at least twenty casualties from American firepower for one "Vietcong" - inflicted injury.
Darwiniana 2008
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They wander into the hospitals, with at least twenty casualties from American firepower for one "Vietcong" - inflicted injury.
Darwiniana 2008
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When I came to, I heard Vietnamese voices ... [and thought] that this was 'the end,' that the Vietcong were all around me.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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The present owner of his name had been on the same leaky craft, although he had been a major official of the National Liberation Front, the so-called Vietcong.
Enemy Within Robert K. Tanenbaum 2002
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The present owner of his name had been on the same leaky craft, although he had been a major official of the National Liberation Front, the so-called Vietcong.
Enemy Within Robert K. Tanenbaum 2002
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Mr. LAURENCE: And the Vietcong were the indigenous South Vietnamese resistance, the National Liberation Front troops, the armed wing of the National Liberation Front.
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The present owner of his name had been on the same leaky craft, although he had been a major official of the National Liberation Front, the so-called Vietcong.
Enemy Within Robert K. Tanenbaum 2002
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The Vietcong were a broad, deeply rooted, popular movement tapping into nationalist feelings throughout the country and society, and their appeal and legitimacy ultimately proved superior to that of the South Vietnamese regime.
New Statesman 2010
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