barisan pemuda

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of barisan (“front”) +‎ pemuda (“youth”), calque from Japanese 青年団(せいねんだん) (seinendan, “youth association”).

Noun

barisan pemuda (plural barisan-barisan pemuda)

1. (historical) youth wing: a subsidiary, autonomous, or independently allied front of a larger organization (usually a political party but occasionally another type of organization) that is formed in order to rally support for that organization from members and potential members of a younger age, as well as to focus on subjects and issues more widely relevant among that organization's youth.

Alternative forms

• barisan pemoeda (1942-1947)