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91Texas Ranger — Tex′as Rang′er n. amh. a member of a special branch of the Texas state police force, orig. a semiofficial group of mounted settlers organized to fight Indians and maintain order …
92paramilitary — [par΄ə mil′ə ter΄ē] adj. [ PARA 1 + MILITARY] designating or of forces working along with, or in place of, a regular military organization, often as a semiofficial or secret auxiliary …
93church congress — noun Usage: usually capitalized both Cs : a semiofficial annual conference of the clergy and laity of the Church of England …
94pidgin english — noun Usage: usually capitalized P&E Etymology: pidgin from Pidgin English, business modification of English business : an English based pidgin originally used in Chinese ports * * * 1. a pidgin language based on English formerly used in commerce… …
95semiofficially — adverb see semiofficial …
96fed|er|al|ist — «FEHD uhr uh lihst, F ruh », noun, adjective. U.S. History. –n. 1. a member or supporter of the Federalist Party in the United States. 2. a series of 85 essays by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, issued chiefly in 1787 1788 in… …
97Fed|er|al|ist — «FEHD uhr uh lihst, F ruh », noun, adjective. U.S. History. –n. 1. a member or supporter of the Federalist Party in the United States. 2. a series of 85 essays by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, issued chiefly in 1787 1788 in… …
98sug|ar-coat — «SHUG uhr KOHT», transitive verb. 1. to cover with sugar; put a coating of sugar on: »to sugar coat pills. 2. Figurative. to cause to seem more pleasant or agreeable: »to sugar coat discipline with humor. Through front organizations and… …
99ARAB WORLD, 1945–2006 — The Arab world is divided into four subregions: the Maghreb (morocco , tunisia , algeria , libya , Mauritania), the Nile Valley (egypt and Sudan), the Fertile Crescent (syria , lebanon , iraq , jordan , and the palestinian authority ), and the… …
100BLOOD LIBEL — BLOOD LIBEL, the allegation that Jews murder non Jews, especially Christian children, in order to obtain blood for the Passover or other rituals: most blood libels occurred close to Passover, being basically a another form of the belief that Jews …
