insurgent
noun/ɪnˈsɜːdʒənt/
/ɪnˈsɜːrdʒənt/
[usually plural] (formal)- a person fighting against the government or armed forces of their own country synonym rebel
- an attack by armed insurgents
Word Originmid 18th cent.: via French from Latin insurgent- ‘arising’, from the verb insurgere, from in- ‘into, towards’ + surgere ‘to rise’.Definitions on the go
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