proxy war

English

Alternative forms

• war by proxy

Noun

proxy war (plural proxy wars)

1. A war where two powers use third parties as a supplement to, or a substitute for fighting each other directly.

Translations

war where two powers use third parties

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 代理戰爭, 代理战争 (dàilǐ zhànzhēng)

• French: guerre par procuration (fr) f
• German: Stellvertreterkrieg (de) m
• Japanese: 代理戦争 (だいりせんそう, dairi sensō)
• Korean: 대리 전쟁 (daeri jeonjaeng)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stedfortrederkrig (no) m, stedfortrederkonflikt (no) m (where outright war is not the case)

• Russian: опосре́дованная война́ f (oposrédovannaja vojná)
• Thai: สงครามตัวแทน (sǒng-kraam-dtuua-tɛɛn)
• Ukrainian: посере́дницька війна́ f (poserédnycʹka vijná)