Etymology

affreux

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Today it means: A group of particularly brutal mercenaries who were active in Africa and Asia during the 1960s. Full definition →

French affreux
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  1. French · borrowed fromaffreux
  2. French · borrowed fromaffreux
  3. English todayaffreux

Borrowed from French affreux.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.