GUERILLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does guerilla mean? 

• GUERILLA (noun)
  The noun GUERILLA has 1 sense:

1. a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment

  Familiarity information: GUERILLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUERILLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

guerilla; guerrilla; insurgent; irregular

Hypernyms ("guerilla" is a kind of...):

warrior (someone engaged in or experienced in warfare)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "guerilla"):

Maquis; Maquisard (a guerrilla fighter in the French underground in World War II)

urban guerrilla (a guerrilla who fights only in cities and towns)

Holonyms ("guerilla" is a member of...):

guerilla force; guerrilla force (an irregular armed force that fights by sabotage and harassment; often rural and organized in large groups)

 Context examples 

I thought it my duty to hint at the discomfort my aunt would sustain, from living in a continual state of guerilla warfare with Mrs. Crupp; but she disposed of that objection summarily by declaring that, on the first demonstration of hostilities, she was prepared to astonish Mrs. Crupp for the whole remainder of her natural life.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)