Insurgent \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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Insurgent \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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
insurgent
adj : in opposition to a civil authority or government [syn: seditious,
subversive]
n 1: a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the
constituted authority (especially in the hope of
improving conditions) [syn: insurrectionist, freedom
fighter, rebel]
2: a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger
force by sabotage and harassment [syn: guerrilla, guerilla,
irregular]
WordNet (r) 2.0
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
INSURGENT. One who is concerned in an insurrection. He differs from a rebel
in this, that rebel is always understood in a bad sense, or one who unjustly
opposes the constituted authorities; insurgent may be one who justly opposes
the tyranny of constituted authorities. The colonists who opposed the
tyranny of the English government were insurgents, not rebels.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
freedom fighter, guerilla, guerrilla, insurrectionist, irregular, rebel, seditious, subversive
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