insurgent
noun
[ ɪnˈsəːdʒ(ə)nt ]
• a person fighting against a government or invading force; a rebel or revolutionary.
• "an attack by armed insurgents"
Similar:
rebel,
revolutionary,
revolutionist,
mutineer,
agitator,
subversive,
guerrilla,
anarchist,
terrorist,
bioterrorist,
narco-terrorist,
ecoterrorist,
cyberterrorist,
agroterrorist,
rioter,
freedom fighter,
resistance fighter,
traitor,
renegade,
Zapatista,
Montonero,
insurrectionist,
insurrectionary,
insurgent
adjective
• rising in active revolt.
• "alleged links with insurgent groups"
Origin:
mid 18th century: via French from Latin insurgent- ‘arising’, from the verb insurgere, from in- ‘into, towards’ + surgere ‘to rise’.
