| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | guer·ril·la |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  g -r l |
| VARIANT FORMS: | or gue·ril·la |
| NOUN: | A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy, as by surprise raids. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Spanish, raiding party, guerrilla force, diminutive of guerra, war, of Germanic origin. See wers- in Appendix I.
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