Topic: GOVERNMENT
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| Date: | 1700-1800 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | , present participle of insurgere 'to rise up', from surgere 'to rise' |
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in‧sur‧gent
[countable usually plural] formal
[countable usually plural] formalPG one of a group of people fighting against the government of their own country, or against authority [= rebel]: 
communist insurgents
communist insurgents —insurgent adjective
