Yahoo Canada Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   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’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • S

     1

   • U

     1

   • R

     1

   • G

     2

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points