English Explanatory Dictionary

coalition of the willing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A group of countries whose leaders have been persuaded by another to take up a specific task, usually in the context of an invasion or war.

Word forms

coalition of the willing coalitions of the willing

Etymology

Coined in the early 1970s by MIT professor Lincoln P. Bloomfield and colleagues.

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