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Naxalites

Naxalites is the plural of Naxalite.

Meaning of Naxalite

Noun

Naxalite (plural Naxalites)

  1. A member of any of several militant Maoist movements in India.
    • Nobody expects anything from a Naxalite, so everything they do is a bonus.
    • The Naxalite problem has to be tackled by the state police forces and paramilitary forces.2010, Sudeep Chakravarti, Red Sun:Travels In Naxalite Country, Penguin Books India, page 112

Questions about Naxalites

What is Naxalites the plural of?
Naxalites is the plural of Naxalite.

Words near Naxalites in the dictionary

  1. Naxal
  2. Naxalism
  3. Naxalist
  4. Naxalists
  5. Naxalite
  6. Naxalites
  7. naxalone
  8. Naxals
  9. NAXALT
  10. naxar
  11. naxarar

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