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Insurgent

//ɪnˈsəɹd͡ʒənt// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Rebellious, opposing authority. not-comparable

    "The insurgent provinces."

  2. 2
    Of water: surging or rushing in. not-comparable

    "Vesuvio groans through all his echoing caves, / And Etna thunders o'er the insurgent waves."

Adjective
  1. 1
    in opposition to a civil authority or government wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency.
  2. 2
    a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment wordnet
  3. 3
    a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin īnsurgentem, accusative singular of īnsurgēns, present active participle of īnsurgō (“I rise up against, revolt”), from in (“against”) + surgō (“I rise”), itself from sub (“up from below”) + regō (“I guide, direct, rule, govern, administer”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to move in a straight line, to rule, guide, lead straight, put right”).

Etymology 2

From Latin īnsurgentem, accusative singular of īnsurgēns, present active participle of īnsurgō (“I rise up against, revolt”), from in (“against”) + surgō (“I rise”), itself from sub (“up from below”) + regō (“I guide, direct, rule, govern, administer”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to move in a straight line, to rule, guide, lead straight, put right”).

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