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    PARAMILITARY UNIT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    paramilitary; paramilitary force; paramilitary organisation; paramilitary organization; paramilitary unit

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

    Hypernyms ("paramilitary unit" is a kind of...):

    force; personnel (group of people willing to obey orders)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paramilitary unit"):

    fedayeen ((plural) Arab guerrillas who operate mainly against Israel)

    Fedayeen Saddam; Saddam's Martyrs (a feared paramilitary unit formed in 1995 by young soldiers to serve Saddam Hussein against domestic opponents)

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