Chechen

[ chuh-chen ]

noun

, plural Che·chens, (especially collectively) Che·chen

1. a member of a Sunni Muslim people living in the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Republic and adjacent areas, closely related to the Ingush.
2. the Caucasian language spoken by the Chechen.

Chechen

/ ˈtʃɛtʃɛn /

noun

1. a member of a people of Russia, speaking a Circassian language and chiefly inhabiting the Chechen Republic

Example Sentences

The former headteacher of a French school has revealed the shocking sequence of events that led to the beheading of Samuel Paty by a Chechen refugee.

From BBC

Abdoullakh Anzorov, the young man of Chechen origin who wielded the knife, is dead – shot by police in the minutes after his attack.

From BBC

The day before the Beslan siege, 10 people were killed when a Chechen woman blew herself up outside a Moscow metro station.

From BBC

Russia's Vladimir Putin, who has appeared wrong-footed by the Ukrainian offensive, compared it on Tuesday to a 2004 school massacre by Chechen militants in Beslan where more than 300 people were killed.

From BBC

After the war, he continued to help Chechen insurgents, and the FSB viewed him as a terrorist.

From Seattle Times