noun
a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
• Syn: ↑insurgent, ↑freedom fighter, ↑rebel
• Derivationally related forms: ↑rebel (for: ↑rebel), ↑insurrection
• Hypernyms:
↑revolutionist, ↑revolutionary, ↑subversive, ↑subverter, ↑reformer, ↑reformist, ↑crusader, ↑social reformer, ↑meliorist
• Hyponyms: ↑mutineer, ↑Young Turk
• Instance Hyponyms: ↑Turner, ↑Nat Turner, ↑Vesey, ↑Denmark Vesey, ↑Wallace, ↑Sir William Wallace
Useful english dictionary. 2012.