Definition of GUERRILLA

guerrilla

Plural: guerrillas

Noun

  • a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
  • A soldier in a small independent group, fighting against the government or regular forces by surprise raids.
  • A non-official war carried out by small independent groups; a guerrilla war.
  • A marketer who uses guerrilla marketing techniques.
  • A maker of guerrilla television.

Adj

  • Relating to, using, or typical of guerrilla warfare, or its principles of small independent or non-official perpetrators.
  • Relating to, using, or typical of guerrilla marketing.
  • Using unconventional, non-traditional, non-mainstream and often subversive practices to achieve something.

Examples

  • guerrilla gardening
  • guerrilla marketing
  • guerrilla tourism
  • The right-wing paramilitary's offensive against the Marxist guerrillas failed because they did not know the terrain well enough.

Origin / Etymology

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

Scrabble Score: 10

guerrilla: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
guerrilla: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
guerrilla: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

guerrilla: valid Words With Friends Word