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insurgent

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insurgent
International law a person or group that rises in revolt against an established government or authority but whose conduct does not amount to belligerency


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While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war-- seeking to dissolve the Union, and divide effects, by negotiation.
Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address by Lincoln, Abraham View in context
"Yes," said the captain, releasing the insurgent, who sat down, "there is something--unusual.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
Neither side knew which way his power might be turned, for Norman of Torn had preyed almost equally upon royalist and insurgent.
The Outlaw of Torn by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
 
 
 
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