Vietminh

noun

Viet·​minh vē-ˈet-ˈmin 

vyet-,

ˌvē-ət-,

vēt-

plural Vietminh

: an adherent of the Vietnamese Communist movement from 1941 to 1951

Word History

Etymology

Vietnamese Việt-Minh, short for Việt-Nam Độc-Lập Đồng-Minh League for the Independence of Vietnam

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above