irregulars in English

noun
1
a member of an irregular military force.
The Filipino operational center of gravity was the ability to sustain its force of 100,000 irregulars in the field.
2
an imperfect piece of merchandise sold at a reduced price.
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1. Commissionaire: Julian Wolff and His Baker Street Irregulars

2. On 2 April 1453, Sultan Mehmed's army of 80,000 men and large numbers of irregulars laid siege to the city.

3. Because the Baker Street Irregulars refused membership to women until 1991, the Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes, or ASH, was formed in the late 1960s

4. The Special Operations Executive (SOE), tasked by Winston Churchill to "set Europe ablaze" during World War II, had its headquarters at 64 Baker Street and was often called "the Baker Street Irregulars" after Sherlock Holmes's fictional group.

5. 2009 August 30, William Safire, “Clunkers”, in New York Times‎[1]: And I sometimes “Crowdsource,” asking for help in research from the Lexicographic Irregulars (like when I asked for sign-language suggestions for “thanks” and learned how the little Dutch boy felt when he pulled his finger out

6. Though Blitzkrieg was not yet German military doctrine, the campaign in Poland was often marked by swift advances that disrupted a more static Polish defence, thereby causing many defenders to be left behind the line, where continued resistance could easily be interpreted as the work of bandits and irregulars.