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paramilitary, a.|pærəˈmɪlɪtərɪ|
[f. para-1 + military a.]
Of or pertaining to an organization, unit, force, etc., whose function or status is ancillary or analogous to that of military forces, but which is not a professional military force. Also as n. Hence paraˈmilitarism.
1935Ann. Reg. 1934 96 A difficult problem has been raised in regard to the so-called ‘para-military training’, i.e., the military training outside the Army of men of military age. 1936Punch 1 Apr. 376/1 Let us at once impale the new and unnecessary mongrel ‘paramilitary’—‘paramilitary forces (S.A., S.S., Labour Corps and other organisations)’... Why not ‘semi-military’, ‘quasi-military’, or even ‘sub-military’? 1949F. Maclean Eastern Approaches iii. xvii. 516 The military and para⁓military forces which they [sc. the quisling administrations] had raised had either surrendered or else were withdrawing northwards. 1958Listener 14 Aug. 238/2 The Nazi storm-trooper is preceded by a hardly less ‘heroic’ communist in his paramilitary uniform. 1962Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Feb. 102/1 Lawrence of Arabia was almost a paramilitary symbol as long ago as 1917. 1969New Statesman 11 Apr. 499/2 The Israelis were to receive unofficial guarantees that a UN presence, or paramilitary force as it was termed, would be stationed on the Israeli-Egyptian border. 1970New Yorker 14 Feb. 33 An editorial in the Times..talked about the Panthers' ‘Mao-Marxist ideology and Fascist paramilitarism’. 1972J. McClure Caterpillar Cop xii. 199 I'd forgotten you chappies were really a para-military outfit. 1974J. White tr. Poulantzas's Fascism & Dictatorship iii. ii. 102 Party representation was short-circuited by the formation of para-military organizations. 1976Times 9 Mar. 16/8 The para-militaries are no longer prepared to be used..unless they have a say in the running of the country [sc. Ulster]. 1976Listener 16 Sept. 325/3 To change the climate within which the paramilitaries operate. 1977M. Walker National Front i. 18 Although Mussolini had specifically warned him against building a para-military force in Britain, Mosley was convinced..that he needed a corps of tough stewards to guarantee order at his meetings. |