government-in-exile

1. 1.

   a temporary government moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to rule when their country is liberated

   Broadergovernment

Questions about government-in-exile

What does government-in-exile mean?

government-in-exile means "a temporary government moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to rule when their country is liberated".

How many syllables are in government-in-exile?

government-in-exile has 7 syllables: go-vern-men-t-i-n-ex-i-le. The stress falls on "n-ex".

Is government-in-exile a common word?

government-in-exile is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.