Meaning

4 senses
  1. A soldier in a small independent group, fighting against the government or regular forces by surprise raids.

    The right-wing paramilitary's offensive against the Marxist guerrillas failed because they did not know the terrain well enough.

    Partisan, Partisanin, Guerillakämpfer

    партиза́нpartizán, партиза́нкаpartizánka

    партиза́нpartyzán, партиза́нкаpartyzánka

  2. A marketer who uses guerrilla marketing techniques.

  3. A maker of guerrilla television.

  4. (archaic)A non-official war carried out by small independent groups; a guerrilla war.

    Guerilla, Guerillakrieg

    партиза́нская война́partizánskaja vojná, гери́льяgerílʹja, партиза́нщинаpartizánščina

    партиза́нська війна́partyzánsʹka vijná, партиза́нщинаpartyzánščyna, партиза́нствоpartyzánstvo

More definitions
  • a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Guerrilla gardening is gardening on another person's land without permission.

    Партизанське садівництво — це озеленення території, що належить іншій особі, без її дозволу.

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  2. In reports in America, guerrilla resistance by the Iraq military is called terrorism.

    deIn amerikanischen Berichten wird der Guerilla-Widerstand des irakischen Militärs als Terrorismus bezeichnet.

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  3. Our troops were constantly attacked by the guerrillas.

    ruНа наши войска постоянно нападали повстанцы.

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  4. He was waylaid by a band of guerrillas.

    ruЕго подстерегла группа партизан.

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  5. It's not "gorilla rain", but "guerrilla rain"; do you understand?

    deEs heißt nicht „Gorilla-Platzregen“, sondern „Guerilla-Platzregen“. Verstehst du?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
irregular soldier:
guerrilla war:
Русский
By meaning 2
irregular soldier:
guerrilla war:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
irregular soldier:
guerrilla war:

Origin

Borrowed from Spanish guerrilla, diminutive of guerra (“war”), coined during the Peninsula

Borrowed from Spanish guerrilla, diminutive of guerra (“war”), coined during the Peninsular War.

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