White Army

English

Etymology

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.

Proper noun

the White Army

1. (historical, military) a collation of anti-Bolshevik armed groups that fought the Red Army during the Russian Civil War

   Coordinate terms: Red Army, green army

Related terms

• White Terror, white terror

Translations

anti-Bolshevik armed groups

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白軍 / 白军 (zh) (Báijūn), 白匪 (zh) (báifěi) (derogatory)

• German: Weiße Armee f
• Hindi: श्वेत सेना f (śvet senā)
• Japanese: 白軍 (ja) (はくぐん, Hakugun)
• Russian: Белая армия f (Belaja armija), Белая гва́рдия f (Belaja gvárdija)
• Spanish: Ejército Blanco m
• Ukrainian: Біла армія f (Bila armija)