taliban

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Synonyms: caliban, taleban, talian

Antonyms: caliban, taleban, talian

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Proper noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q42418}} A [[Deobandi]] [[Islamist]] and largely [[Pashtun]] religious political [[movement]] founded in [[Afghanistan]] in 1994 by [[mullah]] {{w|Mohammed Omar|Mohammad Omar}}, which has [[govern]]ed the [[country]] from 1996 to 2001 and since 2021.

Noun

1. A [[#Proper noun|Taliban]] [[militia]].
2. A [[member]] of the [[#Proper noun|Taliban]] movement or its [[militia]]; a [[Talib]].
3. A [[censorious]] or [[bigoted]] [[moralist]].

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