Definition of "contras" []

• Plural form of contra. (noun)

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• "When Reagan said that the contras were the ‘moral equivalent’ of our founding fathers, he meant that the contras and the American revolutionaries were equivalent with respect to the morality of their actions."
• "To those who called the contras "freedom fighters," Reich is a hero."
• "Among those groups were the Nicaraguan rebels known as the contras, who were violently opposed to the democratically elected Sandinista government."