insurgent

Etymology

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 *reg- (“to move in a straight line, to rule, guide, lead straight, put right”).

adj

  1. Rebellious, opposing authority.
    The insurgent provinces. 1856, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic
  2. Of 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

noun

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

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