'buffer state' definitions:
Definition of 'buffer state'
(from WordNet)
noun
A small neutral state between two rival powers [syn: buffer state, buffer country]
Synonyms of 'buffer state'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ally,
- archduchy,
- archdukedom,
- barrier,
- body politic,
- brattice,
- buffer,
- bulkhead,
- bumper,
- captive nation,
- chieftaincy,
- chieftainry,
- city-state,
- cloison,
- collision mat,
- colony,
- commonweal,
- commonwealth,
- country,
- county,
- cushion,
- diaphragm,
- dissepiment,
- dividing line,
- dividing wall,
- division,
- domain,
- dominion,
- duchy,
- dukedom,
- earldom,
- empery,
- empire,
- fender,
- free city,
- grand duchy,
- interseptum,
- kingdom,
- land,
- mandant,
- mandate,
- mandated territory,
- mandatee,
- mandatory,
- mat,
- midriff,
- midsection,
- nation,
- nationality,
- pad,
- panel,
- paries,
- partition,
- party wall,
- polis,
- polity,
- possession,
- power,
- principality,
- principate,
- property line,
- protectorate,
- province,
- puppet government,
- puppet regime,
- realm,
- republic,
- satellite,
- seneschalty,
- separation,
- septulum,
- septum,
- settlement,
- shock pad,
- sovereign nation,
- state,
- sultanate,
- superpower,
- territory,
- toparchia,
- toparchy,
- wall