adj
Meaning 1
Rebellious, opposing authority.
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Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Rebellious, opposing authority.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Of water: surging or rushing in.
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Usage: not-comparable
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noun
One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency.
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adjective satellite
in opposition to a civil authority or government
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: seditious, subversive
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noun
a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: guerrilla, guerilla, irregular
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Broader terms: warrior
Narrower terms: Maquis, Maquisard, urban guerrilla
noun
a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: insurrectionist, freedom fighter, rebel
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Broader terms: reformer, reformist, crusader, social reformer, meliorist, revolutionist, revolutionary, subversive, subverter
Narrower terms: mutineer, Young Turk, Turner, Nat Turner, Vesey, Denmark Vesey, Wallace, Sir William Wallace
History
From Latin īnsurgentem, accusative singular of īnsurgēns, present active participle of īnsurgō (“to rise up against, revolt”), from in (“against”) + surgō (“to rise”), itself from sub (“up from below”) + regō (“to guide, direct, rule, govern, administer”), from Proto-Indo-European *h3reǵ- (“to move in a straight line, to rule, guide, lead straight, put right”).
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