para

noun

1. 1

   historicalA former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.

   She managed things with so much economy that she was enabled to save two paras every day, out of the piastre which he gave her.

noun

1. 1

   A woman who has given birth or brought pregnancies to viable gestational age a certain number of times, indicated by the number prepended to this word.

noun

1. 1

   Variant of paragraphClipping of paragraph.

2. 2

   Variant of paraphiliaClipping of paraphilia.

3. 3

   Variant of paraplegicClipping of paraplegic.

   The problems that male paras encounter in relation to bladder management pale in significance when placed alongside the problems with bladder management that female paraplegics experience. For women paras, attempts are made to train the bladder to empty itself at regular intervals; however, accidents do happen.

4. 4

   Variant of paraprofessional educatorinformalClipping of paraprofessional educator.

5. 5

   Variant of paratrooperClipping of paratrooper.

   Family of dead para launch legal challenge to Northern Ireland legacy legislation [title]

adjective

1. 1

   slangVery drunk.

noun

1. 1

   Synonym of king fern (“the plant Ptisana salicina”).

noun

1. 1

   Synonym of juz.

Forms

plural

paras

comparative

more para

superlative

most para