insurgent

Meanings

Adjective

• Rebellious, opposing authority.
• Of water: surging or rushing in.

Noun

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

Origin

• From Latin īnsurgentem, accusative singular of īnsurgēns, present active participle of īnsurgō, from in + surgō, itself from sub + regō, from Proto-Indo-European *reg- ("to move in a straight line, to rule, guide, lead straight, put right").