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Definition of Insurgent

1. Adjective. In opposition to a civil authority or government.

2. Noun. A person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions).

3. Noun. A member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment.

Definition of Insurgent

1. a. Rising in opposition to civil or political authority, or against an established government; insubordinate; rebellious.

2. n. 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.

Definition of Insurgent

1. Adjective. Rebellious, opposing authority. ¹

2. Noun. A rebel, guerrilla, freedom fighter. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Insurgent

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Insurgent

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insures insurgence insurgences insurgencies insurgency insurgent (current term) insurgently insurgents insuring insurmountability

insurmountable insurmountableness insurmountably insurrection insurrectional insurrectionary insurrectionist insurrectionists insurrections insusceptibility

Literary usage of Insurgent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proxy Targets: Civilians in the War in Burundi by Timothy Paul Longman (1998)
"While government forces have eliminated insurgent activity in some parts of the ... Abuses by insurgent Groups insurgent groups fighting government forces ..."

2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"was the insurgent cry as they rode about the country, and then woe to the poor pacifico who ... During these months several insurgent leaders were killed, ..."

3. The Short-story: Specimens Illustrating Its Development by Brander Matthews (1907)
"The insurgent," written in 1872, has been translated for this volume by the editor. THE insurgent " Prisoner," said the president of the military tribunal, ..."

4. The Domestic and Foreign Relations of the United States by Joel Parker (1862)
"of an insurgent organization, recognizing it as having a national existence, and treating it as a nation ; in which case it may form an alliance with the ..."

5. International Cases: Arbitrations and Incidents Illustrative of by Ellery Cory Stowell, Henry Fraser Munro (1916)
"357-61-) THE FORCED COLLECTION OF AN insurgent DRAFT (1899) ON January 23, 1899, ... Trias was at the time the draft was drawn treasurer of the insurgent ..."

6. Industrial Cuba: Being a Study of Present Commercial and Industrial by Robert Percival Porter (1899)
"... XIV PAYMENT OF insurgent SOLDIERS THE question of the payment of insurgent soldiers and of certain legitimate indebtedness incurred by the insurgent ..."

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