insurgent

insurgent
/in serr"jeuhnt/, n.
1. 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. a member of a section of a political party that revolts against the methods or policies of the party.
adj.
3. of or characteristic of an insurgent or insurgents.
4. surging or rushing in: The insurgent waves battered the shore.
[1755-65; < L insurgent- (s. of insurgens) prp. of insurgere to get up, ascend, rebel. See IN-2, SURGE, -ENT]
Syn. 3. rebellious, revolutionary, mutinous.

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  • insurgent — n *rebel, iconoclast …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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