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- noun A class of low-ranking
Iranian footsoldier .
Etymologies
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Persian
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Examples
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In other parts of the world, soldiers of one army — the Japanese kamikaze, or the Iranian basaji — have been willing to commit suicide in bombing another army.
The Suicide Bombers Margalit, Avishai 2003
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