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counterinsurgent

counterinsurgent noun: a person combating an insurgency.

Noun

counterinsurgent (plural counterinsurgents)

  1. A person combating an insurgency.
    • Counterinsurgency is, by definition, a competition between insurgents and counterinsurgents for the control and support of a population.2007 August 19, Buddhika Jayamaha, Wesley D. Smith, Jeremy Roebuck, Omar Mora, Edward Sandmeier, Yance T. Gray, Jeremy A. Murphy, “The War as We Saw It”, in New York Times

Forms of counterinsurgent

pluralcounterinsurgents

Origin of counterinsurgent

From counter- + insurgent.

Questions about counterinsurgent

What does counterinsurgent mean?
Counterinsurgent means a person combating an insurgency.
What part of speech is counterinsurgent?
Counterinsurgent is a noun.
What is the plural of counterinsurgent?
The plural of counterinsurgent is counterinsurgents.

Words near counterinsurgent in the dictionary

  1. counterinstitutions
  2. counterinsult
  3. counterinsults
  4. counterinsurgencies
  5. counterinsurgency
  6. counterinsurgent
  7. counterinsurgents
  8. counterintel
  9. counterintellectual
  10. counterintellectuals
  11. counterintelligence

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