buffer state

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Noun

buffer state (plural buffer states)

1. (geopolitics) A nation lying between potentially hostile nations.
   • 1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London; New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 249:

     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.

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nation

Chinese: Mandarin: 緩衝國 / 缓冲国 (zh) (huǎnchōngguó), 缓冲国 (zh) (huǎnchōngguó) Dutch: bufferstaat (nl) m Finnish: puskurivaltio (fi) French: État tampon (fr) German: Pufferstaat (de) m Hebrew: מְדִינַת חַיִץ f Swedish: buffertstat (sv) c Thai: รัฐกันชน (th) (rát-gan-chon)