Meanings
nounproxy war (plural proxy wars)
plural proxy wars · alternative war by proxy
- A war where two powers use third parties as a supplement to, or a substitute for, fighting each other directly.
With the enhanced insurgent firepower and with Russia steadily raising the number of airstrikes against the government’s opponents, the Syrian conflict is edging closer to an all-out proxy war between the United States and Russia.
2015 October 12, Anne Barnard, Karam Shoumali, “U.S. Weaponry Is Turning Syria Into Proxy War With Russia”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2022
Translations
Arabic حَرْب بِالوِكَالَة
- حَرْب بِالوِكَالَة (ḥarb bi-l-wikāla)war where two powers use third parties
Bulgarian опосредствана война
- опосредствана война (oposredstvana vojna)war where two powers use third parties
Catalan guerra per delegació
- guerra per delegaciówar where two powers use third parties
Chinese Mandarin 代理人戰爭 /代理人战争
- 代理人戰爭 /代理人战争 (dàilǐrén zhànzhēng)war where two powers use third parties
Czech zástupná válka
- zástupná válkawar where two powers use third parties
Danish stedfortræderkrig, stedfortræderkonflikt
- stedfortræderkrigwar where two powers use third parties
- stedfortræderkonfliktwar where two powers use third parties
Dutch oorlog bij volmacht, proxy-oorlog
- oorlog bij volmachtwar where two powers use third parties
- proxy-oorlogwar where two powers use third parties
Estonian varisõda
- varisõdawar where two powers use third parties
Finnish sijaissota
- sijaissotawar where two powers use third parties
French guerre par procuration, guerre proxy
- guerre par procurationwar where two powers use third parties
- guerre proxywar where two powers use third parties
German Stellvertreterkrieg
- Stellvertreterkriegwar where two powers use third parties
Greek πόλεμος μέσω αντιπροσώπων
- πόλεμος μέσω αντιπροσώπων (pólemos méso antiprosópon)war where two powers use third parties
Hebrew מלחמה באמצעות שליח
- מלחמה באמצעות שליחwar where two powers use third parties
Hindi परोक्ष युद्ध
- परोक्ष युद्ध (parokṣ yuddh)war where two powers use third parties
Icelandic staðgöngustríð
- staðgöngustríðwar where two powers use third parties
Indonesian perang proksi, perang bayangan
- perang proksiwar where two powers use third parties
- perang bayanganwar where two powers use third parties
Italian guerra per procura
- guerra per procurawar where two powers use third parties
Japanese 代理戦争
- 代理戦争 (dairi sensō)war where two powers use third parties
Korean 대리 전쟁
- 대리 전쟁 (daeri jeonjaeng)war where two powers use third parties
Lithuanian karas per trečiąsias šalis
- karas per trečiąsias šaliswar where two powers use third parties
Malay perang proksi
- perang proksiwar where two powers use third parties
Norwegian Bokmål stedfortrederkrig, stedfortrederkonflikt
- stedfortrederkrigwar where two powers use third parties
- stedfortrederkonfliktwar where two powers use third parties
Persian جنگ نیابتی, جنگ وکالتی
- جنگ نیابتی (jang-e niyâbati)war where two powers use third parties
- جنگ وکالتی (jang-e vekâlati)war where two powers use third parties
Polish wojna zastępcza
- wojna zastępczawar where two powers use third parties
Portuguese guerra por procuração
- guerra por procuraçãowar where two powers use third parties
Russian опосре́дованная война́, прокси-война
- опосре́дованная война́ (oposrédovannaja vojná)war where two powers use third parties
- прокси-война (proksi-vojna)war where two powers use third parties
Spanish guerra subsidiaria
- guerra subsidiariawar where two powers use third parties
Swedish proxykrig, ombudskrig
- proxykrigwar where two powers use third parties
- ombudskrigwar where two powers use third parties
Thai สงครามตัวแทน
- สงครามตัวแทน (sǒng-kraam-dtuua-tɛɛn)war where two powers use third parties
Turkish temsilî savaş, vekâlet savaşı
- temsilî savaşwar where two powers use third parties
- vekâlet savaşıwar where two powers use third parties
Ukrainian посере́дницька війна́
- посере́дницька війна́ (poserédnycʹka vijná)war where two powers use third parties
Vietnamese chiến tranh ủy nhiệm
- chiến tranh ủy nhiệmwar where two powers use third parties
Cite this entry
APA
proxy war. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proxy%20war
MLA
“proxy war.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proxy%20war. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “proxy war,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proxy%20war.
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