| insurrectionist | | |
| n. (person) | 1. freedom fighter, insurgent, insurrectionist, rebel | a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions). |
| ~ mutineer | someone who is openly rebellious and refuses to obey authorities (especially seamen or soldiers). |
| ~ crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer | a disputant who advocates reform. |
| ~ revolutionary, revolutionist, subversive, subverter | a radical supporter of political or social revolution. |
| ~ young turk | a member of one or more of the insurgent groups in Turkey in the late 19th century who rebelled against the absolutism of Ottoman rule. |
| ~ nat turner, turner | United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831). |
| ~ denmark vesey, vesey | United States freed slave and insurrectionist in South Carolina who was involved in planning an uprising of slaves and was hanged (1767-1822). |
| ~ sir william wallace, wallace | Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I; in 1297 he gained control of Scotland briefly until Edward invaded Scotland again and defeated Wallace and subsequently executed him (1270-1305). |
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