semimilitary

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adjective

Characteristic of the military, but not strictly suitable for it as such.

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Meanings

adjectivesemimilitary (not comparable)

alternative semi-military

  1. not comparableCharacteristic of the military, but not strictly suitable for it as such.

    The appearance of German “brown shirts” parading through the streets in semimilitary dress, with the white stockings that distinguished the Baltic storm troopers, was not reassuring to the population of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.

    1943, Gregory Meiksins, chapter VI, in The Baltic Riddle, New York: L. B. Fischer, page 102
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APA

semimilitary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semimilitary

MLA

“semimilitary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semimilitary. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “semimilitary,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semimilitary.

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