Guerilla
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Guerilla is a noun meaning Obsolete spelling of guerrilla, now a misspelling.
Meaning
Obsolete spelling of guerrilla, now a misspelling.
Example Sentences
From mother and nurse it was a guerilla gunfire of commands, and blithe, quicksilver disobedience from the three blonde, never-still little girls.
At Fengsien, 45 kilometres due south of Shanghai, a Japanese force attacked a band of 400 guerillas at 4 a.m. on August 13, putting them to flight.
1912, Charles Egbert Craddoc (pseudonym of Mary Noailles Murfree), “The Crucial Moment” in The Raid of the Guerilla and Other Stories, Philadelphia: Lippincott
KYODO also states that, according to Indian intelligence sources, "the guerillas were sent from their training bases around Khasgar in Xingjiang^([sic – meaning Xinjiang]) Province [in China] to the sensitive areas bordering Afghanistan".
Word Forms
- guerillas
Synonyms for guerilla
Depending on context, synonyms include insurgent, irregular, guerrilla, underground.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include guerrilla, partisan, partizan, insurgent, underground, irregular.
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