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insurgent
(encz) | insurgent,povstalec n: Zdeněk Brož |
insurgent
(encz) | insurgent,povstalecký adj: Pino |
insurgent
(encz) | insurgent,vzbouřenec n: Zdeněk Brož |
insurgent
(encz) | insurgent,vzbouřenecký adj: Pino |
Insurgent
(gcide) | 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.
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Insurgent
(gcide) | 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.
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insurgent
(wn) | 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] |
INSURGENT
(bouvier) | 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.
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Insurgent
(gcide) | 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]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.
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counterinsurgent
(wn) | counterinsurgent
adj 1: of or relating or characteristic of actions taken by a
government to defeat insurgency |
INSURGENT
(bouvier) | 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.
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