metsäkaartilainen

metsä (“forest, woods”) +‎ kaartilainen (“guard member”); 'a member of the "Woods Guard"'

• IPA^(key): /ˈmetsæˌkɑːrtilɑi̯nen/, [ˈme̞ts̠æˌkɑ̝ːrt̪iˌlɑ̝i̯ne̞n]
• Rhymes: -ɑinen
• Syllabification^(key): met‧sä‧kaar‧ti‧lai‧nen
• Hyphenation^(key): metsä‧kaarti‧lai‧nen

metsäkaartilainen

1. (during the Finnish Civil War in 1918) A Red who hid himself/herself in the forest.
2. (during the Continuation War in 1941–1944) A deserter who hid himself in the forest.

• The term originated in the Finnish Civil War, after which hudreds of Reds hid themselves in the forests in order to avoid being prosecuted for war crimes. The term is used also when referring to the Finnish deserters in the Continuation War, who also hid themselves in the forest — for the same purpose.

• (a Red during the Civil War; a deserter during the Continuation War): käpykaartilainen

• metsäkaarti
• käpykaarti

• “metsäkaartilainen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023