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Viet Cong definition

Viet Cong (vē′et kôŋ′, vyet′-; -käŋ′)

noun

  1. a communist guerrilla force that sought to overthrow the South Vietnamese government, later allied with North Vietnam
  2. a member of this force

Etymology: < Vietnamese Viet Nam Cong San, Vietnamese Communist

Also Vietcong Vi′·et·cong′

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