paramilitary Syllabification: (par·a·mil·i·tar·y)Pronunciation: /ˌparəˈmiliˌterē/Translate paramilitary | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of paramilitary adjective (of an unofficial force) organized similarly to a military force:soldiers and police have been killed in conflicts with the drug cartels and their paramilitary allies noun (plural paramilitaries) a member of an unofficial paramilitary organization. paramilitary in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of paramilitary in the British & World English dictionary