Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the Turkish army, the second line, corresponding to the German Landwehr. The soldier remains in it for nine years. It follows the first line, or active army (the nizaw), service in which is for nine years, and is followed by the mustafiz, service in which is for two years.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A reserve force in the Turkish army, or a soldier of the reserve. See
army organization , above.
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J'ai pas trop trop regardé puisque arte repasse les films donc j'ai prefere regarder l'hopital des enfants parce que ct deja une redif '.
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Hier soir, cette nuit plutot, j'ai maté la redif 'de l'hopital des enfant pis aussi en meme temps quand ct les pub sur la 6 un film completement jeté japonais "Crazy Familly" ...
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Hier, cette nuit plutot j'ai maté la redif 'de 7à8 et j'ai entendu une frase que j'etais HEUREUX de l'entendre!!
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It systematized three categories of military service: active service (nizamiye) of four years, reserve duty (redif) of six years, and service in the local defense forces (mustahfiz) of eight years.
1869 2001
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The castle, which occupies the centre, is on a slight eminence, and flanked with eight bastions; it contains no regular troops, but merely some _redif_, or militia.
Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. Andrew Archibald Paton 1842
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Sorry ... main kya karu ...!!!! best asked, i think diana hayden is not here, redif is lying
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