PARAMILITARY ORGANIZATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does paramilitary organization mean? • PARAMILITARY ORGANIZATION (noun)
The noun PARAMILITARY ORGANIZATION has 1 sense:
1. a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops)
Familiarity information: PARAMILITARY ORGANIZATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PARAMILITARY ORGANIZATION (noun)
Meaning:
A group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
paramilitary; paramilitary force; paramilitary organisation; paramilitary organization; paramilitary unit
Hypernyms ("paramilitary organization" is a kind of...):
force; personnel (group of people willing to obey orders)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paramilitary organization"):
fedayeen ((plural) Arab guerrillas who operate mainly against Israel)
Fedayeen Saddam; Saddam's Martyrs (a feared paramilitary unit formed in 1995 by young soldiers to serve Saddam Hussein against domestic opponents)
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