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Definition of insurgent noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

insurgent

noun
 
/ɪnˈsɜːdʒənt/
 
/ɪnˈsɜːrdʒənt/
[usually plural] (formal)
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  1. a person fighting against the government or armed forces of their own country synonym rebel
    • an attack by armed insurgents
    Topics War and conflictc2
    Word Originmid 18th cent.: via French from Latin insurgent- ‘arising’, from the verb insurgere, from in- ‘into, towards’ + surgere ‘to rise’.
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