guerilla

Valid in Scrabble

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9
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13
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8

Definition of guerilla

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete spelling of guerrilla, now a misspelling.
    “Not a cessation of poaching, but a succession of village guerillas;—an internecive war between the gamekeepers and marauders of game;—the whole country flung into brawls and convulsions, for the unjust and exorbitant pleasures of country gentlemen.”
    “1912, Charles Egbert Craddoc (pseudonym of Mary Noailles Murfree), “The Crucial Moment” in The Raid of the Guerilla and Other Stories, Philadelphia: Lippincott”
    “From mother and nurse it was a guerilla gunfire of commands, and blithe, quicksilver disobedience from the three blonde, never-still little girls.”

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Compare French guérilla and German Guerilla.

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