English Explanatory Dictionary

guerrilla

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A soldier in a small independent group, fighting against the government or regular forces by surprise raids.
  2. A non-official war carried out by small independent groups; a guerrilla war.
  3. A marketer who uses guerrilla marketing techniques.
  4. A maker of guerrilla television.
adj
  1. Relating to, using, or typical of guerrilla warfare, or its principles of small independent or non-official perpetrators.
  2. Relating to, using, or typical of guerrilla marketing.
  3. Using unconventional, non-traditional, non-mainstream and often subversive practices to achieve something.

Pronunciation

/ɡəˈɹɪlə/ /ɡəˈɹijə/ /ˌɡeɪˈɹijə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-guerrilla.wav

Word forms

guerrilla guerrillas guerilla more guerrilla most guerrilla

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guerrilla, diminutive of guerra (“war”), coined during the Peninsular War.

Synonyms

guerrillero

Related words

guerrillera guerrillero partisan

Derived words

antiguerrilla counterguerrilla guerrilla diplomacy guerrilla diplomat guerrilla gardening guerrillaism guerrilla knitting guerrillalike guerrilla television guerrilla theater guerrilla traveler narcoguerrilla nonguerrilla guerrilla warfare
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