[guh-ril-uh] 
| 1. | a member of a band of irregular soldiers that uses guerrilla warfare, harassing the enemy by surprise raids, sabotaging communication and supply lines, etc. |
| 2. | pertaining to such fighters or their technique of warfare: guerrilla strongholds; guerrilla tactics. |
| gue·ril·la (gə-rĭl'ə) n. Variant of guerrilla. |
| guer·ril·la or gue·ril·la (gə-rĭl'ə) n. A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy, as by surprise raids. [Spanish, raiding party, guerrilla force, diminutive of guerra, war, of Germanic origin; see wers- in Indo-European roots.] |
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