Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Guerrilla

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Guerrilla


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(1):

(a.) Pertaining to, or engaged in, warfare carried on irregularly and by independent bands; as, a guerrilla party; guerrilla warfare.

(2):

(n.) An irregular mode of carrying on war, by the constant attacks of independent bands, adopted in the north of Spain during the Peninsular war.

(3):

(n.) One who carries on, or assists in carrying on, irregular warfare; especially, a member of an independent band engaged in predatory excursions in war time.