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buffer state

noun

buffer state

noun
1

Geopolitics, Government, Politics A nation lying between potentially hostile nations.

  • The conflict was finally settled in 1828 with the creation of the buffer state of Uruguay, but the prestige of the emperor had suffered a further blow as a result of this reverse, as it was perceived.1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London; New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 249:

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