What does Khmer Rouge mean?
• KHMER ROUGE (noun) The noun KHMER ROUGE has 1 sense: 1. a communist organization formed in Cambodia in 1970; became a terrorist organization in 1975 when it captured Phnom Penh and created a government that killed an estimated three million people; was defeated by Vietnamese troops but remained active until 1999 Familiarity information: KHMER ROUGE used as a noun is very rare.