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irregulars

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for irregulars.

Editorial note

Your claim is true for most barbarian, irregulars, and fanatics, but false for regular troops, and some irregulars like Greek style hoplite.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A soldier who is not a member of an official military force and who may not use regular army tactics.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of irregulars gathered in one view.

noun

A soldier who is not a member of an official military force and who may not use regular army tactics.

noun

One who does not regularly attend a venue.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for irregulars.

noun

A soldier who is not a member of an official military force and who may not use regular army tactics.

noun

One who does not regularly attend a venue.

Example sentences

1

Your claim is true for most barbarian, irregulars, and fanatics, but false for regular troops, and some irregulars like Greek style hoplite.

2

Of course, all that reasoning could break down when dealing with irregulars and guerrilla warfare, but possibly not.

3

Eg, each type of stem-changing verb fell into one index, full irregulars were singletons in their own class, some irregulars that behave similarly (iirc tener and detener) shared one class.

4

It observes: > Though irregulars generally yield to regulars, two verbs did the opposite: light/lit and wake/woke.

5

Future and conditional tenses follow a similar pattern, and have about 20 irregulars between them.

6

In many languages though, the irregulars are at single digit percentage - sometimes even zero.

7

But I was puzzled by this: > Egyptian regular forces did poorly against Yemeni irregulars in the 1960s.

8

Combat is a job for trained soldiers; if a country needs to mobilize irregulars from the streets it has probably lost the war.

9

Keep in mind that Poland's immediate threats are militias, irregulars, mafia, gangs, and assorted bashi-bazouks.

10

In one, you have irregulars trying to bleed an occupying power.

11

Egyptian regular forces did poorly against Yemeni irregulars in the 1960s.

12

Note that example was done specifically as a study of armed irregulars vs the US--your examples of other Western states were in a very different vein.

Quote examples

1

For all that, though, "many of the irregulars can sleep securely, for they have two things on their side.

2

And these "duplicates" are frequently the irregulars that didn't make the cut.

3

Eighty irregulars are common enough that children use them before they learn to read, and I predict they will stay in the language indefinitely." Cool.

4

Yes they do, but keep in mind the distinction between "armies" and "irregulars".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use irregulars in a sentence?

Your claim is true for most barbarian, irregulars, and fanatics, but false for regular troops, and some irregulars like Greek style hoplite.

What does irregulars mean?

A soldier who is not a member of an official military force and who may not use regular army tactics.

What part of speech is irregulars?

irregulars is commonly used as noun.