occupationaire

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noun

A member of the Allied military forces that occupied Japan at the end of World War II.

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Meanings

nounoccupationaire (plural occupationaires)

plural occupationaires

  1. historicalA member of the Allied military forces that occupied Japan at the end of World War II.

    Initial greetings came from the first contingent of occupationaires: the outer jetty sported outsized black and red letters reading “KILROY,” a nod to the graffiti produced by GIs during the war.

    2011, Michael Cullen Green, Black Yanks in the Pacific, page 32
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APA

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

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

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