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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions);
[syn: insurgent, insurrectionist, freedom fighter, rebel]

2. a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment;
[syn: guerrilla, guerilla, irregular, insurgent]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. in opposition to a civil authority or government;
[syn: insurgent, seditious, subversive]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Insurgent \In*sur"gent\, a. [L. insurgens, p. pr. of insurgere to rise up; pref. in- in + surgere to rise. See Surge.] Rising in opposition to civil or political authority, or against an established government; insubordinate; rebellious. "The insurgent provinces." --Motley. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Insurgent \In*sur"gent\, n. [Cf. F. insurgent.] A person who rises in revolt against civil authority or an established government; one who openly and actively resists the execution of laws; a rebel. Syn: See Rebel. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

insurgent adj 1: in opposition to a civil authority or government [syn: insurgent, seditious, subversive] n 1: a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) [syn: insurgent, insurrectionist, freedom fighter, rebel] 2: a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment [syn: guerrilla, guerilla, irregular, insurgent]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

36 Moby Thesaurus words for "insurgent": agitator, anarch, anarchist, brawler, breakaway, contumacious, extreme, extremist, extremistic, factious, frondeur, insubordinate, insurrectionary, insurrectionist, insurrecto, malcontent, maverick, mutineer, mutineering, mutinous, nonconformist, rebel, rebellious, revolter, revolutional, revolutionary, revolutionist, rioter, riotous, seditionary, seditious, subversive, traitor, traitorous, treasonable, turbulent
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

INSURGENT. One who is concerned in an insurrection. He differs from a rebel in this, that rebel is always understood in a bad sense, or one who unjustly opposes the constituted authorities; insurgent may be one who justly opposes the tyranny of constituted authorities. The colonists who opposed the tyranny of the English government were insurgents, not rebels.