Hibakusha (noun)
hib-a-koosh-a
(in Japan) a survivor of either of the atomic explosions at Hiroshima or Nagasaki in 1945.
Japanese, from hi ‘suffer’ + baku ‘explosion’ + sha ‘person’.
Example sentences
“The Hibakusha became the archetype for the human condition after the war.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
