PARAMILITARY UNIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paramilitary unit mean? 

• PARAMILITARY UNIT (noun)
  The noun PARAMILITARY UNIT 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 UNIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARAMILITARY UNIT (noun)

Sense 1

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 unit" is a kind of...):

force; personnel (group of people willing to obey orders)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paramilitary unit"):

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)