People’s Liberation Army noun
- See under Huk(def 1).
- the name of the armed forces of the People’s Republic of China.
- a rebel army or army of liberation in any of various other countries.
Huk [hook] noun, plural Huks.
- a member of the Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan (People’s Liberation Army), a Communist agrarian revolutionary group in central Luzon in the Philippines.
- a member of the Hukbalahap, an anti-Japanese resistance group in central Luzon during World War II.
Origin of Huk shortening of Tagalog hukbo army