insurgent

1. not comparableRebellious, opposing authority.

   The insurgent provinces.

   1856, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic

   2 more examples

   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.

   2008 November 15, “U.S.: Afghan insurgent leader captured”, in CNN, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2009

   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.”

   2017 November 7, Eugene D., “Sutherland Springs Shooter Member of Far-Right Neo-Nazi Group “Atomwaffen””, in Medium, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2023

2. not comparableOf water: surging or rushing in.

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

   1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 33

plural insurgents

1. One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency.