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Synonyms for guerrilla

Grammar : Noun
Spell : guh-ril-uh
Phonetic Transcription : gəˈrɪl ə

Définition of guerrilla

Origin :
  • "fighter in an irregular, independent armed force," 1809, from Spanish guerrilla "body of skirmishers, skirmishing warfare," literally "little war," diminutive of guerra "war," from a Germanic source (cf. Old High German werra "strife, conflict, war;" see war). Figurative use by 1861. As an adjective from 1811. Acquired by English during the Peninsular War (1808-1814); purists failed in their attempt to keep this word restricted to "irregular warfare" and prevent it taking on the sense properly belonging to guerrillero "guerrilla fighter."
  • noun bushfighter
Example sentences :
  • There was no excuse ever attempted; no pretense that he was a guerrilla.
  • Extract from : « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » by T. C. DeLeon
  • Then he felt that there would be no use in keeping the guerrilla at the plantation.
  • Extract from : « Young Captain Jack » by Horatio Alger and Arthur M. Winfield
  • "I mean all of yer are prisoners, thet's wot I mean," drawled the guerrilla.
  • Extract from : « Young Captain Jack » by Horatio Alger and Arthur M. Winfield
  • Yes, Ben; he had me taken from the stable, where I had gone to watch that guerrilla.
  • Extract from : « Young Captain Jack » by Horatio Alger and Arthur M. Winfield
  • With Stephanie she was generally in a state of guerrilla warfare.
  • Extract from : « For the Sake of the School » by Angela Brazil
  • But epidemics are only the guerrilla attacks of the general enemy.
  • Extract from : « McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. » by Various
  • He dug his pole into the water as if he were impaling a guerrilla on it.
  • Extract from : « Ride Proud, Rebel! » by Andre Alice Norton
  • It was not the guerrilla that was uttering that cry; it was the yell of the Indian warrior.
  • Extract from : « The War Trail » by Mayne Reid
  • The moon was behind us, for the guerrilla was on the western side of the mesa.
  • Extract from : « The War Trail » by Mayne Reid
  • The season, too, was winter, when a guerrilla was almost impracticable.
  • Extract from : « Northern Spain » by Edgar T. A. Wigram

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