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Definition of Insurrectionist
1. Noun. A person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions).
Specialized synonyms: Mutineer, Young Turk
Generic synonyms: Crusader, Meliorist, Reformer, Reformist, Social Reformer, Revolutionary, Revolutionist, Subversive, Subverter
Specialized synonyms: Nat Turner, Turner, Denmark Vesey, Vesey, Sir William Wallace, Wallace
Derivative terms: Insurrection, Rebel
Definition of Insurrectionist
1. n. One who favors, or takes part in, insurrection; an insurgent.
Definition of Insurrectionist
1. Noun. A person who provokes or takes part in an insurrection ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Insurrectionist
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Insurrectionist
Literary usage of Insurrectionist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising by William J. Simmons, Henry McNeal Turner (1887)
"Another John Brown—Insurrectionist. E was born in Southampton county, Virginia,
October 2, 1800. His master was a very wealthy man and owned many slaves. ..."
2. The Life of Napoleon the Third by Archibald Forbes (1897)
"CHAPTER II EXILE — BOYHOOD — ADOLESCENCE — Insurrectionist CONSPIRATOR IT was
not until April, 1814, that Napoleon quitted Fontainebleau for Elba; ..."
3. The History of Nations by Henry Cabot Lodge (1906)
"... and afterward filled the presidential chair of the provisional (insurrectionist)
government. Owing to the prominent part he took in the insurrection, ..."