People's Liberation Army


noun

See under Huk(def 1).
the name of the armed forces of the People's Republic of China.
a rebel army or army of liberation in any of various other countries.

Definition for people's liberation army (2 of 2)

Huk
[ hook ]
/ huk /

noun, plural Huks.

a member of the Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan (People's Liberation Army), a Communist agrarian revolutionary group in central Luzon in the Philippines.
a member of the Hukbalahap, an anti-Japanese resistance group in central Luzon during World War II.

Origin of Huk

shortening of Tagalog hukbo army