Guerrilla

Noun

 * 1)  A non-official war carried out by small independent groups; a guerrilla war.
 * 2) A soldier in a small independent group, fighting against the government or regular forces by surprise raids.
 * 3) Used attributively to indicate a relation with guerrilla warfare, or its principles of small independent or non-official perpetrators.
 * The company went for the youth market by launching a guerrilla advertising campaign.

Thesaurus
Charley, VC, Vietcong, bushfighter, bushwhacker, casual, guerilla, insurgent, irregular, maquis, maquisard, partisan, patriot, resistance, resistance fighter, saboteur, terrorist, underground, underground fighter

Alternative forms

 * guerilla

Etymology
From guerrilla:, diminutive of guerra:.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Persian: جنگ اسفلال طلبی


 * Polish: partyzantka
 * Russian: партизанщина


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * German:
 * Icelandic: skæruliði
 * Polish:
 * Russian:

Etymology
From guerra: + -illa:.

Noun

 * 1) guerrilla war

Related terms

 * guerrillear
 * guerrillero