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   insurgent

   /ɪnˈsəːdʒ(ə)nt/

   noun

   • 1. a person fighting against a government or invading force; a rebel or revolutionary: "an attack by armed insurgents"

   adjective

   • 1. rising in active revolt: "alleged links with insurgent groups"
   • ▪ relating to rebels: "a series of insurgent attacks"

   Word Origin mid 18th century: via French from Latin insurgent- ‘arising’, from the verb insurgere, from in- ‘into, towards’ + surgere ‘to rise’.

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   What does insurgent mean in a sentence?

   • The meaning of INSURGENT is a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government; especially : a rebel not recognized as a belligerent. How to use insurgent in a sentence. Is insurgent a new word?

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   What does Insurgente mean?

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   • Insurgent is not a particularly novel coinage; it has been in use as both a noun and an adjective for well over 200 years.

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   The meaning of INSURGENT is a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government; especially : a rebel not recognized as a belligerent. How to use insurgent in a sentence. Is insurgent a new word?

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   someone who is fighting against the government in their own country: All approaches to the capital are now under the control of the insurgents. [ C ] US. someone who opposes political authority. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Activism & pressure groups. active citizenship. active resistance. activism. activist. circulator.

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

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   1. rebellious or in revolt, as against a government in power or the civil authorities. noun. 2. a person who takes part in an uprising or rebellion; insurrectionist. 3. international law. a person or group that rises in revolt against an established government or authority but whose conduct does not amount to belligerency.

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   An insurgent is a rebel or a revolutionary, someone who takes up arms against the authorities. Insurgent is from the Latin word “insurgentem,” literally meaning “to rise against,” so think of an insurgent as a fighter who rises against the people in power.

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   Insurgents are people who are fighting against the government or army of their own country.