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Kuomintang definition

Kuo·min·tang (kwōmin taŋ; Chin gwōmindäŋ)

noun

nationalist political party of Taiwan, organized chiefly by Sun Yat-sen in 1911 and afterward controlled and led by Chiang Kai-shek

Etymology: Mandarin kuo, nation(alist) + min, people('s) + tang, party

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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