English > insurgent: 3 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | A person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions). |
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| Synonyms | insurrectionist, freedom fighter, rebel |
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| Instances | Turner, Nat Turner | United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia |
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| Vesey, Denmark Vesey | United States freed slave and insurrectionist in South Carolina who was involved in planning an uprising of slaves and was hanged (1767-1822) |
| Wallace, Sir William Wallace | Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I |
| Narrower | Young Turk | A member of one or more of the insurgent groups in Turkey in the late 19th century who rebelled against the absolutism / absolutism of Ottoman rule |
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| mutineer | someone who is openly rebellious and refuses to obey authorities (especially seamen or soldiers) |
| Broader | reformer, reformist, crusader, social reformer, meliorist | A disputant who advocates reform |
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| revolutionist, revolutionary, subversive, subverter | A radical supporter of political or social revolution |
| Spanish | amotinado, insurgente, insurrecto, rebelde, sublevado |
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| Catalan | insurgent, insurrecte, rebel |
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