GUERRILLA DEFINITIONS - 9 definitions found
guerrilla n 1: a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment [syn: guerrilla, guerilla, irregular, insurgent] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) guerrilla I. noun or guerilla Etymology: Spanish guerrilla, from diminutive of guerra war, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German werra strife — more at war Date: 1809 a person who engages in irregular warfare especially as a member of an independent unit carrying out harassment and sabotage II. adjective Date: 1811 of, relating to, or suggestive of guerrillas especially in being aggressive, radical, or unconventional Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary guerrilla also guerilla (guerrillas) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. A guerrilla is someone who fights as part of an unofficial army, usually against an official army or police force. The guerrillas threatened to kill their hostages. ...a guerrilla war. N-COUNT: oft N n English Explanatory Dictionary guerrilla ɡəˈrɪlə n. (also guerilla) a member of a small independently acting (usu. political) group taking part in irregular fighting, esp. against larger regular forces. øguerrilla war (or warfare) fighting by or with guerrillas. [Sp. guerrilla, dimin. of guerra war] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Guerrilla \Guer*ril"la\, n. [Sp., lit., a little war, skirmish, dim. of guerra war, fr. OHG. werra discord, strife. See War.] 1. An irregular mode of carrying on war, by the constant attacks of independent bands, adopted in the north of Spain during the Peninsular war. 2. One who carries on, or assists in carrying on, irregular warfare; especially, a member of an independent band engaged in predatory excursions in war time. Note: The term guerrilla is the diminutive of the Spanish word guerra, war, and means petty war, that is, war carried on by detached parties; generally in the mountains. . . . A guerrilla party means, an irregular band of armed men, carrying on an irregular war, not being able, according to their character as a guerrilla party, to carry on what the law terms a regular war. --F. Lieder. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Guerrilla \Guer*ril"la\, a. Pertaining to, or engaged in, warfare carried on irregularly and by independent bands; as, a guerrilla party; guerrilla warfare. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) guerrilla ɡəˈrɪlə n. guerilla, partisan or partizan, resistance or freedom or underground fighter, irregular; insurgent, saboteur, terrorist; US history Jayhawker, French history Maquis: The guerrillas continue to attack the government's supply convoys. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 19 Moby Thesaurus words for "guerrilla": Charley, VC, Vietcong, bushfighter, bushwhacker, casual, guerilla, insurgent, irregular, maquis, maquisard, partisan, patriot, resistance, resistance fighter, saboteur, terrorist, underground, underground fighter |
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