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guerilla

nounB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #9,676 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: guerillas

A guerilla is a fighter in a small irregular band. Guerilla warfare.

The method is avoiding open battle and attacking supply and morale instead. It is usually spelt guerrilla with two r's, and both forms are found.

Roque Gameiro · Public domain

Definitions of guerilla

  1. 1nounguerillaA fighter in a small irregular band.B2+

    “A guerilla campaign kept the road closed for two years.”

guerilla is a fighter.

Also accepted in games: guerrilla

Where it comes from

Spanish guerrilla is a diminutive of guerra, war, and named the small war fought against Napoleon in Spain.

Compare French guérilla and German Guerilla.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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