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paramilitary
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun paramilitary has 1 sense
- paramilitary(n = noun.group) paramilitary force, paramilitary organisation, paramilitary organization, paramilitary unit - a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops); Array has particulars: fedayeen, fedayeen saddam, saddam's martyrs
is a kind of force, personnel
Derived form adjective paramilitary1
Adjective paramilitary has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
paramilitary, adj. (of forces) ancillary to and similarly organized to military forces.
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