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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Rising in revolt against a government or other established authority.
  • adjective Rebelling against the leadership of a political party.
  • noun One who is insurgent.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Rising against lawful authority or established government; engaged in insurrection or rebellion: as, insurgent chiefs.
  • noun One who rises in forcible opposition to lawful authority; one who engages in armed resistance to a government or to the execution of laws.
  • noun Synonyms Insurgent, Rebel, Traitor. An insurgent differs from a rebel chiefly in degree. The insurgent opposes the execution of a particular law or scheme of laws, or the carrying out of some particular measure, or he wishes to make a demonstration in favor of some measure or to express discontent; the rebel attempts to overthrow or change the government, or he revolts and attempts to place his country under another jurisdiction. A traitor is one who breaks faith or trust by betraying his country or violating his allegiance, especially a sworn allegiance: the word is applied in strong reprobation to one who, even without express breach of faith, makes war upon his sovereign or country, or goes over from the side to which his loyalty is due. See insurrection.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Rising in opposition to civil or political authority, or against an established government; insubordinate; rebellious.
  • noun 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.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Rebellious, opposing authority.
  • noun A rebel, guerrilla, freedom fighter.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
  • adjective in opposition to a civil authority or government
  • noun a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin īnsurgēns, īnsurgent-, present participle of īnsurgere, to rise up : in-, intensive pref.; see in– + surgere, to rise; see surge.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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 *reg- (“to move in a straight line, to rule, guide, lead straight, put right”).

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Examples

  • JAMIE MCINTYRE, CNN SENIOR MILITARY AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT (voice - over): If you needed a lesson in civilian control of the military, Donald Rumsfeld gave it at Tuesday's Pentagon press briefing, when he suddenly pronounced the term insurgent expression non grata.

    CNN Transcript Nov 29, 2005 2005

  • Obeid said the Khartoum government is constitutionally mandated to protect residents of Southern Kordofan from what he calls insurgent rebels.

    Sudanese Government Dismisses Leaked UN Report 2011

  • NATO said one service member was killed Friday in what it described as an insurgent attack.

    NYT > Home Page By GRAHAM BOWLEY 2012

  • But the timing of the meeting was unrelated to this week's spike in insurgent attacks, and politicians gave no sign they were ready to overcome the eight-month political impasse, during which the security situation has deteriorated.

    Iraqis Mourn, Plan Political Session 2010

  • And finally, we know that the ratio of ISAF to Taliban insurgent is about 50 to 1 in kills when they do go toe to toe.

    Taliban To Attack Kandahar? Not Likely « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008

  • And finally, we know that the ratio of ISAF to Taliban insurgent is about 50 to 1 in kills when they do go toe to toe.

    2008 June 17 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008

  • The U.S. uses the word insurgent for every gun fired in anger.

    CNN Transcript Mar 27, 2009 2009

  • American officers in Afghanistan admitted to me that they use the word insurgent in all their reports to describe any kind of hostile shooting.

    CNN Transcript Mar 29, 2009 2009

  • American offices in Afghanistan admitted to me that they used the word insurgent in all their reports to describe any kind of hostile shooting.

    CNN Transcript Mar 29, 2009 2009

  • The insurgent is trained to expect brutal treatment upon capture.

    Balkinization 2006

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