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Complete Definition of "insurgent"

English

Etymology
From Latin accusative insurgentem (nom. insurgens) < Latin infinitive insurgere (to rise up against, revolt); compounded from the prefix in- (against) + surgere (to rise). Surgere is compounded from sub (up from below) + regere (to guide, direct, rule, govern, administer) < Proto-Indo-European base *reg- (to move in a straight line, to rule, guide, lead straight, put right).

Noun
en-noun

  1. A rebel, guerrilla, freedom fighter.

Translations

Arabic: ‏متمرد|‏مُتَمَرِّد (mutamárrid) m, ‏ثائر|‏ثَائِر (tháː’ir) m, ‏عاص|‏عَاصٍ (ʕáːʂin) m, ‏عصاة|‏عُصَاةٌ (ʕuʂáː) pl
Bulgarian: метежник (metéžnik) m, въстаник (vəstánik) m
Chinese:
:Mandarin: 反叛份子 (fǎnpàn fènzi)
Croatian: pobunjenik m
Czech: povstalec m
Dutch: opstandeling m, weerstander m
Finnish: kapinallinen
French: insurgé m, insurgée f
German: Aufständischer m
Greek: αντάρτης (andártis) m, επαναστάτης (epanastátis) m
Hebrew: מתקומם (mitkomaym) m
Hungarian: felkelő
mid
Indonesian: pendurhaka
Italian: insorto
Japanese: 謀叛人 (むほんにん, muhónnin), 反逆者 (はんぎゃくしゃ, hangyákusha)
Korean: 반역자 (banyeokja)
Latin: rebellis
Polish: rebeliant m, rebeliantka f
Portuguese: insurgente m/f
Russian: мятежник (mjatéžnik) m, повстанец (povstánets) m
Serbian: побуњеник (pobunjenik) m
Spanish: insurgente m/f
Turkish: isyancı
Ukrainian: повстанець (povstánets') m
Vietnamese: người khởi nghĩa

Adjective
en-adj-notcomp

  1. rebellious, opposing authority

Translations

Dutch: opstandig
Finnish: kapinallinen
French: insurgé
German: aufständisch
Japanese: 謀叛 (むほん, muhón), 反逆 (はんぎゃく, hangyáku)
mid
Latin: rebellis
Portuguese: insurgente m/f
Russian: мятежный (mjatéžnyj)
Spanish: insurgente m/f

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