insurgent
adjEtymology
From Latin īnsurgentem, accusative singular of īnsurgēns, present active participle of īnsurgō (“to rise up against, revolt”), from in (“against”) + surgō (“to rise”), itself from sub (“up from below”) + regō (“to guide, direct, rule, govern, administer”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to move in a straight line, to rule, guide, lead straight, put right”).
- derived from *h₃reǵ-✻
- derived from īnsurgentem
Definitions
Rebellious, opposing authority.
- The insurgent provinces.
- Afghan National Police, backed by U.S.-led coalition forces, detained an insurgent leader during a raid in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, a U.S. military statement said.
Of water
Of water: surging or rushing in.
- Vesuvio groans through all his echoing caves, / And Etna thunders o'er the insurgent waves.
One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority
One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for insurgent. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA