insurgent

UK: /ɪnˈsɜː^rdʒənt/ US: /ɪnˈsɝdʒənt/ ,(in sûr′jənt)

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in•sur•gent /ɪnˈsɜrdʒənt/   n. [countable]

1. Government a person who takes part in armed resistance to an established government;
   a rebel.

adj. [before a noun]

2. Government rising in revolt;
   rebellious.

in•sur•gence, n. [countable] :

an insurgence in the mountainous regions by rebels.

[uncountable] government troops trying to fight against insurgence from the north.

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in•sur•gent  (in sûr′jənt), n. 

1. Government a person who rises in forcible opposition to lawful authority, esp. a person who engages in armed resistance to a government or to the execution of its laws;
   rebel.
2. Government a member of a section of a political party that revolts against the methods or policies of the party.

adj. 

3. Government of or characteristic of an insurgent or insurgents.
4. surging or rushing in:
   The insurgent waves battered the shore.

• Latin insurgent- (stem of insurgēns) present participle of insurgere to get up, ascend, rebel. See in-², surge, -ent
• 1755–65

Synonyms

• 3. rebellious, revolutionary, mutinous.

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insurgent / ɪnˈsɜːdʒənt/ adjective

1. rebellious or in revolt, as against a government in power or the civil authorities

noun

1. a person who takes part in an uprising or rebellion; insurrectionist

Etymology: 18th Century: from Latin insurgēns rising upon or against, from insurgere to rise up, from surgere to rise

inˈsurgency noun