different between insurgent vs counterinsurgent

English

Etymology

From Latin ?nsurgentem, accusative singular of ?nsurg?ns, present active participle of ?nsurg? (“I rise up against, revolt”), from in (“against”) + surg? (“I rise”), itself from sub (“up from below”) + reg? (“I guide, direct, rule, govern, administer”), from Proto-Indo-European *reg- (“to move in a straight line, to rule, guide, lead straight, put right”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?s??d?(?)nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?s??d??nt/

Adjective

insurgent (not comparable)

1. Rebellious, opposing authority.
   • 1856, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic

     The insurgent provinces.

Translations

Noun

insurgent (plural insurgents)

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

Translations

Anagrams

• retunings, unresting

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ?nsurgentem.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ent

Noun

insurgent m (plural insurgents)

1. insurgent

Related terms

• insurgència

Adjective

insurgent (masculine and feminine plural insurgents)

1. insurgent

Further reading

• “insurgent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “insurgent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “insurgent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “insurgent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Verb

insurgent

1. third-person plural present indicative of insurger
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of insurger

Latin

Verb

?nsurgent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of ?nsurg?

English

Etymology

counter- +? insurgent

Noun

counterinsurgent (plural counterinsurgents)

1. A person combating an insurgency.

Related terms

• counterinsurgency
• insurgent