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guer⋅ril⋅la
[guh-ril-uh] 
ə
–noun
| 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. |
–adjective
| 2. | pertaining to such fighters or their technique of warfare: guerrilla strongholds; guerrilla tactics. |
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| 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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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.Guerrilla
Guer*ril"la\, a. Pertaining to, or engaged in, warfare carried on irregularly and by independent bands; as, a guerrilla party; guerrilla warfare.
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Language Translation for : guerrilla
Spanish:
de guerrilla,
German:
Guerilla…,
Japanese:
ゲリラの
guerrilla
1809, from Sp. guerrilla "body of skirmishers, skirmishing warfare," lit. "little war," dim. of guerra "war," from a Gmc. source (cf. O.H.G. werra "strife, conflict, war;" see war). Acquired by Eng. during the Peninsular War (1808-1814), purists failed in their attempt to keep this word from taking on the sense properly belonging to guerrillero "guerrilla fighter."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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