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guerrilla
English
Alternative forms
- guerilla
Etymology
From Spanish guerrilla, diminutive of guerra (“war”), coined during the Peninsular War.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?????l?/
- Homophone: gorilla
Noun
guerrilla (plural guerrillas)
- A soldier in a small independent group, fighting against the government or regular forces by surprise raids.
- (now rare) A non-official war carried out by small independent groups; a guerrilla war.
Translations
Adjective
guerrilla (comparative more guerrilla, superlative most guerrilla)
- (military) Relating to, using, or typical of guerrilla warfare, or its principles of small independent or non-official perpetrators.
- 1908, George Devereux Oswell, Sketches of Rulers of India, volume I, Chapter VII, page 127:
- Wherever Nicholson was most wanted, there he was sure to be found. What his life was at this time may be seen from a letter he wrote to his mother: 'I am leading a very guerrilla sort of life with seven hundred horse and foot raised among the people of the country. The chieftain who is in rebellion has eight regular regiments and sixteen guns, so that I am unable to meet them openly in the field.'
- 1963, Samuel B. Griffith (translator), Mao Zedong, The Red Book of Guerrilla Warfare, edited by Shawn Conners, ?ISBN, published 2010, page 14, original 1937
- On the other hand, after the fall of Feng Ling Tu, the operations of Central Shansi, and Suiyuan, troops were more guerrilla than orthodox in nature.
- 1976, Walter Laqueur, Guerrilla Warfare, page 205:
- The Slovak uprising in the latter days was not guerrilla in character, which, incidentally, may have been one of the reasons for its failure.
- 1908, George Devereux Oswell, Sketches of Rulers of India, volume I, Chapter VII, page 127:
- (marketing) Relating to, using, or typical of guerrilla marketing.
- 1989, Michael Wiese, Film & video marketing, page 445:
- We took a very guerrilla approach to marketing Goin' Hollywood, in keeping with the irreverent tone of the game.
- 1989, Michael Wiese, Film & video marketing, page 445:
- Using unconventional, non-traditional, non-mainstream and often subversive practices to achieve something.
See also
- guerrillero
- guerrilla warfare
- partisan
Catalan
Etymology
From Spanish guerrilla.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /???ri.??/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?e?ri.?a/
Noun
guerrilla f (plural guerrilles)
- guerrilla (small official or unofficial military troop)
- guerrilla war
Derived terms
- guerriller
Further reading
- “guerrilla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “guerrilla” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “guerrilla” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “guerrilla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish guerrilla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???ril.ja?/, /??e??ril.ja?/
- Hyphenation: guer?ril?la
Noun
guerrilla f (plural guerrilla's)
- A guerrilla war; guerrilla warfare. [from 1810s]
- Synonym: guerrillaoorlog
- A guerrilla fighter.
- Synonyms: guerrillastrijder, guerrillero
Derived terms
- guerrillabasis
- guerilla-eenheid
- guerrillagroepering
- guerrillaleger
- guerrillaoorlog
- guerrillastrijder
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: gerilya
Spanish
Etymology
guerra (“war”) +? -illa (diminutive suffix)
Pronunciation
Noun
guerrilla f (plural guerrillas)
- guerrilla (small official or unofficial military troop)
- guerrilla war
Derived terms
- guerrillear
- guerrillero
Descendants
- ? Catalan: guerrilla
- ? English: guerrilla, guerilla
- ? French: guérilla
- ? Turkish: gerilla
- ? Italian: guerriglia
- ? Piedmontese: guerija
- ? Portuguese: guerrilha
Further reading
- “guerrilla” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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militia
English
Etymology
From Latin m?litia (“army, military force/service”), from m?les (“soldier”). Doublet of militsia.
The use of "militia" rather than "police" to refer to the police force (of Belarus and some other countries) originated in the USSR.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??l???/
- Rhymes: -???
Noun
militia (plural militias or militiae)
- An army of trained civilians, which may be an official reserve army, called upon in time of need, the entire able-bodied population of a state which may also be called upon, or a private force not under government control.
- Synonym of militsia: the national police force of certain countries (e.g. Belarus).
Translations
Latin
Etymology
From m?les (“soldier”) +? -ia.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mi??li.ti.a/, [mi??l?t?iä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mi?li.t?si.a/, [mi?li?t??s?i?]
Noun
m?litia f (genitive m?litiae); first declension
- military service
- the military, army, soldiery
- warfare, war, campaign
- civil service, profession, employment
- (figuratively) military spirit, courage, bravery
Declension
First-declension noun.
Related terms
Descendants
References
- militia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- militia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- militia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- militia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- militia in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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