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insurrectionists

insurrectionists is the plural of insurrectionist.

Meaning of insurrectionist

Noun

insurrectionist (plural insurrectionists)

  1. A person who provokes or takes part in an insurrection.
    • It comes from the Latin insurgo, meaning “to rise up within”: so insurrectionists are, etymologically, the same as “insurgents”, even if that is normally a word for those who do not meekly accept western military rule.2021 January 13, Steven Poole, “'Insurrection': how an old word for an old thing was Trumped”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2021
    Synonyms:
    insurrectionary

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Questions about insurrectionists

What is insurrectionists the plural of?
Insurrectionists is the plural of insurrectionist.

Words near insurrectionists in the dictionary

  1. insurrectionally
  2. insurrectionaries
  3. insurrectionary
  4. insurrectionism
  5. insurrectionist
  6. insurrectionists
  7. insurrectionize
  8. insurrectionized
  9. insurrectionizes
  10. insurrectionizing
  11. insurrections

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