paramilitary unit

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 organizationparamilitary organisation

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Questions about paramilitary unit

What does paramilitary unit mean?

paramilitary unit 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 unit?

Close synonyms include paramilitary, paramilitary force, paramilitary organization, 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 unit a common word?

paramilitary unit 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.