Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: Contras
  1. A Nicaraguan counterrevolutionary guerrilla force from 1979 to 1990; it opposed a left-wing government, with support from the United States
Noun: Contra
  1. A member of the guerrilla force that opposed a left-wing government in Nicaragua

Type of: guerilla force, guerrilla force, Nicaraguan

Encyclopedia: Contras

Contra, Virginia

Nearest

contrapuntist
contrarian
contrariety
contrarily
contrariness
contrarious
contrariwise
contrary
contrary to fact
contrary[2]
Contras
contrast
contrast material
contrast medium
contrasting
contrastingly
contrastive
contrasty
contravallation
contravene
contravention