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Insurgent

Insurgent Meaning & Definition
Insurgent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Insurgent?

[n] a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
[n] a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
[adj] in opposition to a civil authority or government

Synonyms | Synonyms for Insurgent: disloyal | freedom fighter | guerilla | guerrilla | insurrectionist | irregular | rebel | seditious | subversive

Related Terms | Find terms related to Insurgent: agitator | anarch | anarchist | brawler | breakaway | contumacious | extreme | extremist | extremistic | factious | frondeur | insubordinate | insurrectionary | insurrectionist | insurrecto | malcontent | maverick | mutineer | mutineering | mutinous | nonconformist | rebel | rebellious | revolter | revolutional | revolutionary | revolutionist | rioter | riotous | seditionary | seditious | subversive | traitor | traitorous | treasonable | turbulent

See Also | Che Guevara | crusader | Denmark Vesey | Ernesto Guevara de la Serna | Guevara | Maquis | Maquisard | meliorist | mutineer | Nat Turner | reformer | reformist | revolutionary | revolutionist | Sir William Wallace | subversive | subverter | Turner | urban guerrilla | Vesey | Wallace | warrior

Insurgent In Webster's Dictionary

\In*sur"gent\, a. [L. insurgens, p. pr. of insurgere to rise up; pref. in- in + surgere to rise. See {Surge}.] Rising in opposition to civil or political authority, or against an established government; insubordinate; rebellious. ``The insurgent provinces.'' --Motley.
\In*sur"gent\, n. [Cf. F. insurgent.] A person who rises in revolt against civil authority or an established government; one who openly and actively resists the execution of laws; a rebel. Syn: See {Rebel}.

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