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Buffer state   /bˈəfər steɪt/   Listen
Buffer state

noun
1.
A small neutral state between two rival powers.  Synonym: buffer country.






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"Buffer state" Quotes from Famous Books



... Belgium will stand firm once again as the Buffer State of Civilisation. It will hold the gate ...
— The Sequel - What the Great War will mean to Australia • George A. Taylor

... the Red programme Ontario, and especially industrial Toronto, was regarded as the buffer state. But if the Soviet had succeeded in Winnipeg and further West, then the whole weight of that success marching upon Ontario, with Quebec bringing up the eastern end, would form a sort of nutcracker device from which Ontario would have had a hard time ...
— The Masques of Ottawa • Domino



Words linked to "Buffer state" :   country, land, state



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