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adj
Involved in or characterized by insurrection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: insurrectionary
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A person who provokes or takes part in an insurrection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: insurrectionary
Antonyms: none provided
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: insurgent, freedom fighter, rebel
Antonyms: none provided
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
Etymology tree English insurrection Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English insurrectionist From insurrection + -ist.
Across languages
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
