"paramilitary" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌpɛɹəˈmɪlɪˌtɛɹi/ [US]
Etymology: para- + military Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|para|military}} para- + military Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} paramilitary (not comparable)
  1. relating to a paramilitary Tags: not-comparable Translations (relating to a paramilitary): полувоенен (poluvoenen) (Bulgarian), paramilitar (Catalan), 准军事的 (Chinese Mandarin), polovojenský (Czech), paramilitantní (Czech), paramilitær (Danish), paramilitair (Dutch), puolisotilaallinen (Finnish), paramilitaire (French), paramilitar [feminine, masculine] (Galician), παραστρατιωτικός (parastratiotikós) (Greek), paramilitare (Italian), fo-hidooragh (Manx), paramilitær (Norwegian Bokmål), paramilitær (Norwegian Nynorsk), paramilitar (Occitan), paramilitarny (Polish), paramilitar (Portuguese), paramilitar [masculine] (Romanian), военизи́рованный (vojenizírovannyj) (Russian), полувое́нный (poluvojénnyj) (Russian), paramilitar (Spanish), paramilitär (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-paramilitary-en-adj-TDlvaGBu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: para-military

Noun

IPA: /ˌpɛɹəˈmɪlɪˌtɛɹi/ [US] Forms: paramilitaries [plural]
Etymology: para- + military Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|para|military}} para- + military Head templates: {{en-noun}} paramilitary (plural paramilitaries)
  1. A group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion, but which do not represent the formal forces of a sovereign power. Categories (topical): Collectives Translations (a group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion): 凖軍事部隊 (Chinese Mandarin), 凖军事部队 (Chinese Mandarin), organisation paramilitaire [feminine] (French), organización/grupo/exército paramilitar (Galician), bojówka [feminine] (Polish), organização/força/exército paramilitar (Portuguese), organización/grupo/ejército paramilitar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-paramilitary-en-noun-QU21H078 Disambiguation of Collectives: 7 93 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with para- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 96 2 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with para-: 15 76 9 Disambiguation of 'a group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion': 95 5
  2. (colloquial) A member of a paramilitary group. Tags: colloquial Translations (a member of a paramilitary group): paramilitar [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), paramilitaire [feminine, masculine] (French), paramilitar [feminine, masculine] (Galician), fo-hidoor [masculine] (Manx), paramilitar [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), paramilitar [feminine, masculine] (Romanian), paramilitar [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), paramilitär [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-paramilitary-en-noun-D9O5YSkA Disambiguation of 'a member of a paramilitary group': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: para-military

Inflected forms

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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "relating to a paramilitary",
      "word": "paramilitær"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "relating to a paramilitary",
      "word": "paramilitær"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "relating to a paramilitary",
      "word": "paramilitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "relating to a paramilitary",
      "word": "paramilitarny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "relating to a paramilitary",
      "word": "paramilitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "relating to a paramilitary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paramilitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vojenizírovannyj",
      "sense": "relating to a paramilitary",
      "word": "военизи́рованный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poluvojénnyj",
      "sense": "relating to a paramilitary",
      "word": "полувое́нный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "relating to a paramilitary",
      "word": "paramilitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "relating to a paramilitary",
      "word": "paramilitär"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "paramilitary"
  ],
  "word": "paramilitary"
}

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