White Army

proper noun

a collation of anti-Bolshevik armed groups that fought the Red Army during the Russian Civil War

OriginRussian Белая армия →
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Meanings

proper nounthe White Army
  1. historicalgovernmenta collation of anti-Bolshevik armed groups that fought the Red Army during the Russian Civil War

Origin

  1. RussianБелая армия
  2. EnglishWhite Army

Calque of Russian Белая армия (Belaja armija). White was the traditional color of the antirevolutionary movement in some countries, adopted as a symbolic name by the Russian movement.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 白軍 /白军, 白匪
  • 白軍 /白军 (Báijūn)anti-Bolshevik armed groups
  • 白匪 (báifěi)anti-Bolshevik armed groups
German Weiße Armee
  • Weiße Armeeanti-Bolshevik armed groups
Hindi श्वेत सेना
  • श्वेत सेना (śvet senā)anti-Bolshevik armed groups
Japanese 白軍
  • 白軍 (Hakugun)anti-Bolshevik armed groups
Korean 백군, 백파
  • 백군 (Baekgun)anti-Bolshevik armed groups
  • 백파 (Baekpa)anti-Bolshevik armed groups
Russian Белая армия, Белая гва́рдия
  • Белая армия (Belaja armija)anti-Bolshevik armed groups
  • Белая гва́рдия (Belaja gvárdija)anti-Bolshevik armed groups
Spanish Ejército Blanco
  • Ejército Blancoanti-Bolshevik armed groups
Ukrainian Біла армія
  • Біла армія (Bila armija)anti-Bolshevik armed groups
Vietnamese Bạch vệ, Bạch quân
  • Bạch vệanti-Bolshevik armed groups
  • Bạch quânanti-Bolshevik armed groups
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APA

White Army. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/White%20Army

MLA

“White Army.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/White%20Army. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “White Army,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/White%20Army.

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