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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a Nicaraguan counterrevolutionary guerrilla force from 1979 to 1990; it opposed a left-wing government, with support from the United States;


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Contras n 1: a Nicaraguan counterrevolutionary guerrilla force from 1979 to 1990; it opposed a left-wing government, with support from the United States