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Bearer of the Sword   /bˈɛrər əv ðə sɔrd/   Listen
Bearer of the Sword

noun
1.
A small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines; uses bombing and assassination and extortion and kidnapping.  Synonym: Abu Sayyaf.





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... Tembinok' from men like these Inherited his palaces, His right to rule, his powers of mind, His cocoa-islands sea-enshrined. Stern bearer of the sword and whip, A master passed in mastership, He learned, without the spur of need, To write, to cipher, and to read; From all that touch on his prone shore Augments his treasury of lore, Eager in age as erst in youth To catch an art, to ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson


Words linked to "Bearer of the Sword" :   terrorist organization, Republic of the Philippines, terrorist act, FTO, foreign terrorist organization, act of terrorism, terrorist group, terrorism, Philippines


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