Definition of Government-in-exile

1. Noun. A temporary government moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to rule when their country is liberated.

Generic synonyms: Authorities, Government, Regime

Lexicographical Neighbors of Government-in-exile

governessed
governesses
governesshood
governessing
governessless
governesslike
governessship
governessy
governest
governeth
governing
governing board
governing body
government
government-censored
government-in-exile (current term)
government activity
government agencies
government agency
government agent
government bond
government building
government cheese
government department
government hospital
government income
government issue
government issues
government man
government men

Literary usage of Government-in-exile

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Afghanistan: The First Five Years of Soviet Occupation by J. Bruce Amstutz (1994)
"AN AFGHAN GOVERNMENT IN EXILE? Since early 1980 the idea of establishing a ... Second, a government-in-exile needed a base abroad, and that meant permission ..."

2. A Victory Turned Sour: Human Rights in Kuwait Since Liberation by Middle East Watch (Organization), Middle East Watch (Organization (1991)
"The Palestinian community in Kuwait also boasts of its critical role, at the request of the government-in-exile, in keeping essential services operating so ..."

3. U.S. Policy Consideration on the 40th Anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising edited by Benjamin A. Gilman (2001)
"... a Cabinet Member of the Dalai Lama's government in exile and Mr. Dawa Tsering, the Dalai Lama's representative to the United States in New York. ..."

4. Education in Exile: SOMAFCO, the African National Congress School in ...by Sean Morrow, Brown Maaba, Loyiso Pulumani by Sean Morrow, Brown Maaba, Loyiso Pulumani (2004)
"For a time, unstructured methods of operation existed parallel with the beginnings of something like a government-in-exile, mirroring the ministries and ..."

5. Cutting Off the Serpent's Head: Tightening Control in Tibet, 1994-1995 by Tibet Information Network, Robert Barnett, Human Rights Watch/Asia, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1996)
"... Ordered to Call Back Their Children from Exile Schools," Department of Information and International Relations, Tibetan Government in Exile, October 15, ..."

6. The Papacy and the Levant (1204-1571). by Kenneth M. Setton (1984)
"There is a succinct summary of Nicene history in Michael Angold, A Byzantine Government in Exile: ..."

7. The United States Magazine and Democratic Review (1842)
"... to test the. comparative legality of the two governments, the defacto government within the State, and the de jure government in exile from it. ..."

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