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# insurgent

«insurgent» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who fights against the government or ruling…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an insurgent, insurgents); adjective (insurgent)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An insurgent is a person who fights against the government or ruling power of their country, often with weapons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insurgent/#m1)

2) Insurgent as an adjective means rebelling or rising up against those in power. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insurgent/#m2)

3) Insurgent can also describe a new challenger rising against an old leader, like an insurgent party in politics. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insurgent/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In news and history lessons, insurgents fight in civil wars or against occupying forces. Whether someone is called an insurgent, a rebel or a freedom fighter can depend on who is telling the story, so careful readers notice the words chosen. In politics, an insurgent campaign challenges the established leaders.

### examples

- Insurgents attacked the army base. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insurgent/#x1)
- The government said the insurgents had been defeated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insurgent/#x2)
- The insurgent groups controlled the hills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insurgent/#x3)
- Some called them insurgents; others called them freedom fighters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insurgent/#x4)
- The insurgent candidate surprised everyone by winning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insurgent/#x5)
- History is full of insurgent movements. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insurgent/#x6)
- A poor half-grown boy in a ragged blouse fought among the older insurgents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insurgent/#x7)

### note

Countable. Noun: insurgency (the uprising). Similar to «rebel». The word chosen often shows the speaker's view of the fighters.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «insurgent» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insurgent/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.