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1. (n.) Khmer Rouge
a Cambodian guerrilla and rebel force, orig. Communist and Communist-backed.
2. Khmer Rouge
a member or supporter of this force.
Etymology: (< F Khmer (or Khmère) rouge lit., red Khmer)
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1. (noun) Khmer Rouge, KR, Party of Democratic Kampuchea, Communist Party of Kampuchea
a communist organization formed in Cambodia in 1970; became a terrorist organization in 1975 when it captured Phnom Penh and created a government that killed an estimated three million people; was defeated by Vietnamese troops but remained active until 1999
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