- noting or pertaining to an organization operating as, in place of, or as a supplement to a regular military force: a paramilitary police unit.
- a person employed in such a force.
- denoting or relating to a group of personnel with military structure functioning either as a civil force or in support of military forces
- denoting or relating to a force with military structure conducting armed operations against a ruling or occupying power
- a paramilitary force
- a member of such a force
