a member of a small group of soldiers who are not part of an official army and who fight against official soldiers, usually to try to change the government urban guerrillas (= those who fight in towns) guerrilla war/warfare (= fought by guerrillas on one or both sides) a guerrilla movement compare freedom fighter
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