Definition of Insurgents

1. Noun. (plural of insurgent) ¹

2. Noun. People rising in revolt against established authority, especially a government. ¹

3. Adjective. Plural of insurgent. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Insurgents

1. insurgent [n] - See also: insurgent

Lexicographical Neighbors of Insurgents

insure
insured
insured person
insureds
insuree
insurees
insurer
insurers
insures
insurgence
insurgences
insurgencies
insurgency
insurgent
insurgently
insurgents
insuring
insurmountability
insurmountable
insurmountableness
insurmountably
insurrection
insurrectional
insurrectionary
insurrectionist
insurrectionists
insurrections
insusceptibility
insusceptible
insusceptibly

Literary usage of Insurgents

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1921)
"The distinction between legal qualification and IMUI-- actual power to make war explains the fact insurgents may become a belligerent Power. ..."

2. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"So disorganised were the Republicans that they could not prevent the insurgents from reaching Angers, which was saved only by the strength of its ..."

3. A Political and Civil History of the United States of America: From the Year by Timothy Pitkin (1828)
"... by the insurgents—Judge Wilson declares that the opposition to the laws was too powerful to be suppressed by ordinary judicial proceedings—Fifteen ..."

4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1872)
"In consequence of this victory, the insurgents had also to evacuate Fort ... The batteries of the insurgents from Point du Jour to Porte ..."

5. The diplomatic protection of citizens abroad or the law of international claims by Edwin Montefiore Borchard (1915)
"While as a matter of strict right the government may treat the insurgents as criminals, modern practice tends to regard them as belligerents, with rights as ..."

6. The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Containing His Correspondence, and His by Alexander Hamilton (1850)
"It is satisfactory to receive exact intelligence of the movements of the insurgents. Your care of the interest confided to you is in every event depended ..."

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