Semimilitary

Alternative forms

• semi-military

Full definition of semimilitary

Adjective

1. Characteristic of the military, but not strictly suitable for it as such.
• 1943, Gregory Meiksins, The Baltic Riddle Chapter VI, 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.