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PARAMILITARY UNIT
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I. (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)
Synonyms:
paramilitary; paramilitary force; paramilitary organisation; paramilitary organization; paramilitary unit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
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)
