insurgent - insurgency - insurgence
Marianne Uehlin... - Fri, 04/08/2016 - 15:27
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Etymology online:
insurgent (n.) Look up insurgent at Dictionary.com
"one who rises in revolt" against a government or its laws, 1745, from Latin insurgentem (nominative insurgens), present participle of insurgere "rise up, lift oneself; rise against; stand high, gather force," from in- "against," or here perhaps merely intensive, + surgere "to rise" (see surge (n.)).
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