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Definition of Guerillas
1. guerilla [n] - See also: guerilla
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guerillas
Literary usage of Guerillas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Elements of International Law: With an Account of Its Origin, Sources by George Breckenridge Davis (1915)
"guerillas. These are persons who lurk in the vicinity of an army, ... guerillas are
not to be confounded with bands or organized parties, commissioned by ..."
2. The Military and Naval History of the Rebellion in the United States. With by William Jewett Tenney (1865)
"In the mean time, the Union citizens of the State had been almost incessantly
harassed by roving bands of guerillas and marauders, of whom the cavalry ..."
3. The Life of Clinton Bowen Fisk by Alphonso Alva Hopkins (1888)
"ADMINISTRATION AMONG guerillas. BY Special Orders No. ... Bushwhackers and
guerillas abounded. Life and property were everywhere unsafe. ..."
4. Outlines of International Law: With an Account of Its Origin and Sources and by George Breckenridge Davis (1898)
"guerillas.—These are persons who lurk in the vicinity of an army, and commit acts of
... guerillas, however, are not partisans," their acts are unlawful, ..."
5. The Smoked Yank by Melvin Grigsby (1888)
"... Whittaker's scouts, a band of guerillas that infested the region, but really
for the purpose of protecting teams that followed after to bring in cotton. ..."
6. Southern History of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1865)
"The Missouri " guerillas."—Quan- trell.—Romantic Incidents.—THE VIRGINIA-TENNESSEE
FRONTIER.—Operations of General Sam Jones.—An Engagement near Warm ..."
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