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Vietnik

Today it means: A person who actively opposes the involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War (1955–1975). Full definition →

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From Viet(nam) + -nik, possibly in analogy with peacenik.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.