adj.

Of, relating to, or being a group of civilians organized in a military fashion, especially to operate in place of or assist regular army troops.

n., pl. -ies.

A member of a paramilitary force.

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops)
  Synonyms: paramilitary organization, paramilitary organisation

---

The adjective paramilitary has one meaning:

Meaning #1: of or relating to a group of civilians organized to function like (or in aid of) a military unit
  Pertains to noun: paramilitary (meaning #1)

---

This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - paramilitær
n. - paramilitær person

Nederlands (Dutch)
paramilitair, lid van paramilitaire organisatie

Français (French)
adj. - paramilitaire
n. - paramilitaire

Deutsch (German)
adj. - paramilitärisch
n. - Mitglied einer inoff. paramilitärischen Org.

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - παραστρατιωτικός
n. - μέλος παραστρατιωτικής οργάνωσης

Italiano (Italian)
paramilitare

Português (Portuguese)
adj., -
n. - paramilitar

Русский (Russian)
полувоенный, сотрудник полувоенной организации

Español (Spanish)
adj. - paramilitar
n. - paramilitar

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - halvmilitär, militärliknande
n. - halvmilitär

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
辅助正规军的, 准军事部队

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 輔助正規軍的
n. - 準軍事部隊

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 준군사적인, 준군사 조직의
n. - 준군사 조직의 일원

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 準軍事的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) عسكري مساند (الاسم) قوات عسكريه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קשור לצבא, מסייע לצבא, דומה לכוח צבאי‬
n. - ‮חבר בכוח צבאי לא-רשמי, בעיקר בצפון אירלנד‬

If you are unable to view some languages clearly, click here.

To select your translation preferences click here.