noun
a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
• Syn: ↑insurgent, ↑insurrectionist, ↑rebel
• Derivationally related forms: ↑rebel (for: ↑rebel), ↑insurrection (for: ↑insurrectionist)
• Hypernyms:
↑revolutionist, ↑revolutionary, ↑subversive, ↑subverter, ↑reformer, ↑reformist, ↑crusader, ↑social reformer, ↑meliorist
• Hyponyms: ↑mutineer, ↑Young Turk
• Instance Hyponyms: ↑Turner, ↑Nat Turner, ↑Vesey, ↑Denmark Vesey, ↑Wallace, ↑Sir William Wallace
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noun, pl ⋯ -ers [count]
: a person who is part of an organized group fighting against a cruel and unfair government or system
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a name used to describe a person who uses violence to try to remove a government from power, by people who support this
Useful english dictionary. 2012.