paramilitary organization

1. 1.

   a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops)

   Synonymsparamilitaryparamilitary forceparamilitary unitparamilitary organisation

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Questions about paramilitary organization

What does paramilitary organization mean?

paramilitary organization means "a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops)".

What is another word for paramilitary organization?

Close synonyms include paramilitary, paramilitary force, paramilitary unit, paramilitary organisation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is paramilitary organization a common word?

paramilitary organization is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.