National Liberation Frontn.
/ˌnaʃn̩(ə)l lɪbəˈreɪʃn ˌfrʌnt/, /ˌnaʃən(ə)l lɪbəˈreɪʃn ˌfrʌnt/, U.S. /ˈˌnæʃən(ə)l ˌlɪbəˈreɪʃ(ə)n ˌfrənt/, /ˈˌnæʃn(ə)l ˌlɪbəˈreɪʃ(ə)n ˌfrənt/ (The name of) any of various military-political movements dedicated to the establishment of an independent state for a people under colonial or other alien rule. Abbreviated NLF.
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1943 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 2 Nov. 2/5 He is reported to have the backing of..the National Liberation Front, which includes Italy's six political parties.
1944 Time 16 Oct. 45/3 The Greek resistance forces wore the insignia of E.A.M. (left-wing National Liberation Front).
1956 Times 7 Apr. 6/4 An office belonging to the other Algerian Nationalist Movement, the National Liberation Front (F.L.N.), was also raided today.
1972 H. Evans Editing & Design: Newsman's Eng. vii. 147 When the report says the NLF, the deskman should write in ‘the National Liberation Front, political arm of the Vietcong..’.
1989 U.S. News & World Rep. 6 Nov. 60/1 The Marxist-led Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) has lost popular support.
2000 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 25 May 56/2 There is only one veteran of the National Liberation Front on the Vietnamese side.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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