paramilitary

para·mil·i·tary

adj \ˌpa-rə-ˈmi-lə-ˌter-ē\

Definition of PARAMILITARY

: of, relating to, being, or characteristic of a force formed on a military pattern especially as a potential auxiliary military force <a paramilitary border patrol> <paramilitary training>

— paramilitary noun

Examples of PARAMILITARY

1. Government forces have been attacked by heavily armed paramilitary groups in several villages.

First Known Use of PARAMILITARY

1935

Rhymes with PARAMILITARY

beneficiary, devolutionary, eleemosynary, evidentiary, evolutionary, extraliterary, insurrectionary, intermediary, penitentiary, quatercentenary, revolutionary, sesquicentenary, supernumerary, valetudinary