Usually means: Armed groups resembling official military.
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  1. paramilitary: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. paramilitary: Merriam-Webster
  3. paramilitary, paramilitary: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. paramilitary: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. paramilitary: Collins English Dictionary
  6. paramilitary: Vocabulary.com
  7. Paramilitary, paramilitary: Wordnik
  8. paramilitary: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. paramilitary: Wiktionary
  10. paramilitary: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. paramilitary: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. paramilitary: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. paramilitary: Dictionary.com
  14. paramilitary: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. paramilitary: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Paramilitary: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. paramilitary: Rhymezone
  18. paramilitary: FreeDictionary.org
  19. paramilitary: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. paramilitary: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. paramilitary: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  A group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion, but which do not represent the formal forces of a sovereign power.
▸ noun:  (colloquial) A member of a paramilitary group.
▸ adjective:  relating to a paramilitary

Similar:
paramilitary organization, militia, irregular, militariat, citizen, volunteer, militocracy, military, militarian, armed forces, more...

Opposite:
civilian, non-military, unarmed, non-combatant

Phrases:
paramilitary forces, paramilitary organizations, paramilitary organization, paramilitary force, paramilitary unit, more...

Adjectives:
military, serbian, former, loyalist, wing, serb, own, protestant, local, various, colombian

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    olive,     khaki,     camouflage green,     dark green,     forest green, more...


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Similar:
paramilitary organization, militia, irregular, militariat, citizen, volunteer, militocracy, military, militarian, armed forces, more...

Opposite:
civilian, non-military, unarmed, non-combatant

Phrases:
paramilitary forces, paramilitary organizations, paramilitary organization, paramilitary force, paramilitary unit, paramilitary organisation, Paramilitary forces of India, Paramilitary forces of China, more...

Adjectives:
military, serbian, former, loyalist, wing, serb, own, protestant, local, various, colombian

Colors:
    olive,     khaki,     camouflage green,     dark green,     forest green, more...



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