djoundi

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noun

An Algerian Muslim soldier fighting for independence during the Algerian War.

OriginAlgerian Arabic جُندِي →
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Meanings

noundjoundi (plural djounoud)

plural djounoud

  1. historicalAn Algerian Muslim soldier fighting for independence during the Algerian War.

    Enlistment of the first F.L.N. djounoud, however, proceeded slowly […]

    1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 84
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    Frantz Fanon had been dead for six months when Kahn visited Ghardimaou, and it is possible that some of the djounoud he met there had been part of the honour guard that saluted Fanon's body […]

    2012, David Macey, Frantz Fanon: A Biography

    The djoundi with the fat red moustache grunts: "You heard, shepherd: what are you doing here?"

    2004, Anouar Benmalek, translated by Joanna Kilmartin, The Lovers of Algeria, page 15

Origin

  1. Algerian Arabicجُندِي
  2. Englishdjoundi

From Algerian Arabic جُندِي (jundī).

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APA

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

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“djoundi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/djoundi. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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