vrijkorps

== Dutch == === Alternative forms === vrijcorps vrij-corps (obsolete) === Etymology === First attested around 1783. From vrij +‎ korps, probably a calque of German Freikorps, attested a few years earlier. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvrɛi̯.kɔrps/ Hyphenation: vrij‧korps === Noun === vrijkorps n (plural vrijkorpsen, diminutive vrijkorpsje n) paramilitary group 1786, Elizabeth Bekker, wed. Wolff Vrijheid blijheid: Vaderlansch dichtstuk, publ. by Isaac van Cleef, page 19. militia