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faussebraie (iou) and Stern Gang (iou)


faussebraie (iou)



faussebraie noun. Also faussebraye. L15.
[French, from fausse fem. of faux false + braie = medieval Latin braca dyke, embankment.]
Fortification. An artificial mound or wall thrown up in front of the main rampart. Formerly also, a covered way.

Stern Gang (iou)



Stern Gang noun phr. M20.
[from Avraham Stern (1907-42), its founder.]
An underground militant Zionist organization founded as an offshoot of Irgun in 1940 and suppressed after the creation of Israel in 1948.
Sternist adjective & noun (a) adjective of or pertaining to the Stern Gang, its supporters, or its aims; (b) noun a member of the Stern Gang; an adherent or supporter of the Stern Gang or its aims: M20.