contra
2con·tra
noun \ˈkän-trə, ˈkōn-, -ˌträ\Definition of CONTRA
: a member of a guerrilla group opposed to the Sandinista government in Nicaragua in the 1980s
Origin of CONTRA
American Spanish, short for contrarrevolucionario counterrevolutionary
First Known Use: 1981
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