insurgent

From Latin īnsurgentem, accusative singular of īnsurgēns, present active participle of īnsurgō (“I rise up against, revolt”), from in (“against”) + surgō (“I rise”), itself from sub (“up from below”) + regō (“I guide, direct, rule, govern, administer”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to move in a straight line, to rule, guide, lead straight, put right”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsəːdʒ(ə)nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsəɹd͡ʒənt/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒənt

insurgent (not comparable)

1. Rebellious, opposing authority.
   • 1856, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic:

     The insurgent provinces.

2. Of water: surging or rushing in.
   • 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 33:

     Vesuvio groans through all his echoing caves, / And Etna thunders o'er the insurgent waves.

insurgent (plural insurgents)

1. One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency.
   • 2017 November 7, Eugene D., “Sutherland Springs Shooter Member of Far-Right Neo-Nazi Group “Atomwaffen””, in Medium‎^[1], archived from the original on 23 April 2023:

     Immediately following the shooting, there were multiple, coordinated information releases blaming the shooting on “Antifa,” the newest alt-right boogeyman, in what appears to be a social media blitz intended to center the conversation on the left wing. This is part of an ongoing propaganda campaign by the insurgent right wing extremists to paint radical pro-labor activists as ultraviolent “terrorists.”

• retunings, unresting

Borrowed from Latin īnsurgentem.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [in.surˈʒen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [in.surˈʒent]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.suɾˈd͡ʒent]

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• Rhymes: -ent

insurgent m or f (masculine and feminine plural insurgents)

1. insurgent

insurgent m or f by sense (plural insurgents)

1. insurgent

• insurgència

• “insurgent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “insurgent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “insurgent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “insurgent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

insurgent

1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of insurger

īnsurgent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of īnsurgō

Borrowed from Latin insurgens or German Insurgent.

insurgent m (plural insurgenți)

1. insurgent