a buffer state
1buffer state — buffer states N COUNT A buffer state is a peaceful country situated between two or more larger hostile countries. Turkey and Greece were buffer states against the former Soviet Union …
2buffer state — buffer ,state noun count a country that is between two other countries that are enemies but is not involved in the argument or war between them …
3buffer state — n. a small country located between two large, antagonistic powers and regarded as lessening the possibility of conflict between them …
4Buffer state — A buffer state is a country lying between two rival or potentially hostile greater powers, which by its sheer existence is thought to prevent conflict between them. Buffer states , when authentically independent, typically pursue a neutralist… …
5buffer state — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms buffer state : singular buffer state plural buffer states a country that is between two other countries that are enemies but is not involved in the argument or war between them …
6buffer state — state that stands in between two enemy countries …
7buffer state — Synonyms and related words: ally, archduchy, archdukedom, barrier, body politic, brattice, buffer, bulkhead, bumper, captive nation, chieftaincy, chieftainry, city state, cloison, collision mat, colony, commonweal, commonwealth, country, county,… …
8buffer state — noun a small neutral state between two rival powers • Syn: ↑buffer country • Hypernyms: ↑country, ↑state, ↑land * * * noun, pl ⋯ states [count] : a country that is located between two larger countries that often fight with each other …
9buffer state — /ˈbʌfə steɪt/ (say bufuh stayt) noun a smaller state or zone lying between potentially hostile larger states. Also, buffer zone …
10buffer state — noun Date: 1883 a usually neutral state lying between two larger potentially rival powers …
