A military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad(noun)
WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
Use "mujahedin" in a sentence
"MUJAHEDIN: Different groups of mujahedin - Muslim guerrilla fighters - were supported by among others the United States, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to fight against the USSR in Afghanistan"
"MUJAHEDIN: Different groups of mujahedin - Muslim guerrilla fighters - were supported by among others the United States, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to fight against the USSR in Afghanistan (1979-89)."
"He said infiltration was a common tactic of Afghan fighters known as the mujahedin who fought Soviet occupiers in the 1980s."