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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a fundamentalist Islamic militia; in 1995 the Taliban militia took over Afghanistan and in 1996 took Kabul and set up an Islamic government;
- Example: "the Taliban enforced a strict Muslim code of behavior"
[syn: Taliban, Taleban]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Taliban n 1: a fundamentalist Islamic militia; in 1995 the Taliban militia took over Afghanistan and in 1996 took Kabul and set up an Islamic government; "the Taliban enforced a strict Muslim code of behavior" [syn: Taliban, Taleban]